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Turn these characters into 200:

100 1000

Using only one bit of information.

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Using only one bit

We place a 1 in front to give 11001000 which is 200 in binary (hence the 'one bit of information')

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    $\begingroup$ Or between the first two digits ;-) $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Commented Sep 24, 2021 at 17:12

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