What is the equivalent decimal value given a binary number of 11001010?

Sure, here is the step by step process to convert the binary number 11001010 to a decimal number:

1. Write down the binary number and list the powers of 2 from right to left. Start with 2^0 and increase the exponent by 1 each time:

   1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2^7 2^6 2^5 2^4 2^3 2^2 2^1 2^0

2. Multiply each binary digit by the corresponding power of 2:

   12^7 = 128 12^6 = 64 02^5 = 0 02^4 = 0 12^3 = 8 02^2 = 0 12^1 = 2 02^0 = 0

3. Add up all the results:

   128 + 64 + 0 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0 = 202

So, the equivalent decimal value of the binary number 11001010 is 202.