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How many total bits do these hexadecimal digits correspond to?

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This question is incomplete. To answer "How many total bits do these hexadecimal digits correspond to?", we need to know how many hexadecimal digits are being referred to. Since that information is missing, I will provide a table showing the number of bits corresponding to a varying number of hexadecimal digits.

Hexadecimal to Bits Conversion

Each hexadecimal digit represents 4 bits. This is because hexadecimal is base-16 (16 = 24), and binary is base-2. The following table shows the relationship:

Number of Hexadecimal Digits Total Number of Bits Example
1 4 Hex digit A (10 in decimal) is 1010 in binary
2 8 Hex digits FF is 11111111 in binary
3 12 Hex digits ABC is 101010111100 in binary
4 16 Hex digits 1234 is 0001001000110100 in binary
5 20 Hex digits FEDC1 is 11111110110111000001 in binary
6 24 Hex digits 0A1B2C is 000010100001101100101100 in binary
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To determine the total number of bits, simply multiply the number of hexadecimal digits by 4.

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