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Converting Bits to Bytes is one multiplication: a single bit is 0.125 B, so the amount is scaled by that factor. Reversing the direction divides by the same factor. The factor is an exact definition rather than a rounded figure, so the result stays precise at any magnitude. Eight bits to the byte has been standard since the 1960s, though early machines used 6, 7 and 9 bit bytes.
Bits → Bytes
B = bit × 0.125
Bytes → Bits
bit = B ÷ 0.125
One bit equals 0.125 B. That value is exact by definition.
Divide by 0.125 rather than multiplying, or flip the direction selector which does it for you.