The sequence "100111101" is a binary number, which is a system that uses only two digits: 0 and 1. In the binary system, each digit represents a power of 2, starting from the rightmost digit, which is 2^0. This particular binary number can be converted to decimal by calculating 1 \times 2^8 + 0 \times 2^7 + 0 \times 2^6 + 1 \times 2^5 + 1 \times 2^4 + 1 \times 2^3 + 0 \times 2^2 + 1 \times 2^1 + 1 \times 2^0, resulting in the decimal value of 317. Binary numbers like "100111101" are fundamental in computer science and digital electronics, as they are used to represent data and instructions in computers. Each binary digit, or bit, can be thought of as