The Carbohydrate Fermentation test uses Phenol Red Broth to test for the fermentation of different sugars. It is one of the fermentation tests, others include the Methyl Red test and the Voges-Proskauer test.
The main reason why we use hexadecimal numbers is because it is much easier to express binary number representations in hex than it is in any other base number system. Computers do not actually work in hex (donât laugh, beginning students do ask that question). Lets look at an example, using a byte.
Hex codes are used in many areas of computing to simplify binary codes. It is important to note that computers do not use hexadecimal - it is used by humans to shorten binary to a more easily understandable form. Hexadecimal is translated into binary for computer use. Some examples of where hex is used include: