The given problem is to count the number of set bits in a given number when represented in binary format.
Two methods to solve this problem are by using the inbuilt library function and by using bit manipulation.
The first method makes use of the bitset<32>() function in C++ to convert the number to binary and then uses the count() method to find the number of set bits.
The second method involves using bitwise and (&) and right shift (>>) operations to check and count the set bits.