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Dear Student,

Binary of a decimal number can be obtained by repeated division method. In repeated division
method decimal number is repeatedly divided by 2 and the remainder is noted. Method is
repeated until the number 1 is obtained. For example, if want to know the binary of 16, following
method will be followed:

Number Remainder
16
2 8 0
2 4 0
2 2 0
2 1 0

So the binary of 16 is 10000.

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