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Convert hexadecimal BEEF to base 2 and 8 using grouping (No mathematics). Please show all work.

1) base-2
Hexadecimal Binary
0 0000
1 0001
2 0010
3 0011
4 0100
5 0101
6 0110
7 0111
8 1000
9 1001
A 1010
B 1011
C 1100
D 1101
E 1110
F 1111
Use this table to convert from hexadecimal to binary
Converting BEEF to binary
B => 1011
E => 1110
E => 1110
F => 1111
So, in binary BEEF is 1011111011101111
Answer: 1011111011101111
2) base-8
Adding 2 zeros on left hand side of this number to make it's length a multiple of 3
Octal Binary
0 000
1 001
2 010
3 011
4 100
5 101
6 110
7 111
Use this table to convert from binary to Octal
Converting 001011111011101111 to Octal
001 => 1
011 => 3
111 => 7
011 => 3
101 => 5
111 => 7
So, in Octal 001011111011101111 is 137357
Answer: 137357