A binary number is a number written in base two, so the columns represent 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 etc. So 101101 in binary is equivalent to (1 X 1) + (0 X 2) + (1 X 4) + (1 X 8) + (0 X 16) + (1 X 32) = 1 + 4 + 8 + 32 = 45.
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