When one byte is represented by 8 bits in binary notation you have a sequence of 8 possible 1's and 0's. So 00101010 can be shortened to 2A using hexadecimal notation. My book says you can shorten that representation by using hexadecimal after the 4th place from the right. For example...
00101010
can be represented with a mix of hexadecimal notation and binary notation by taking the 4 digits on the left 0010 and and representing that sequence to equal 2 in hexadecimal. I understand because 0010 equals 32 and when you are using hexadecimal notation that has a base of 16 that equals to 2.
What I don't understand is how the right side of the sequence is represented. My book says 1010 can be represented by the letter A which equals to 10. 1010 in binary notation equals 8 + 2 = 10. Here is the issue I'm having.
Applying the same concept to the right side as the left side of the 8 bit sequence shouldn't you divide the ride side 10 by 2 since binary notation is using the power of 2 like you divided the left side by 16 since you're using hexadecimal notation which has the power of 16? Am i thinking about it wrong?