How many bytes are required to store a hexadecimal value?

Answer:
A hexadecimal digit can store 16 different values, which requires 4 bits or 1/2 byte. Since we often can't split bytes in half, this would be rounded up to 1 byte to store 2 hexadecimal digits.
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