Question
Download Solution PDFThe 2’s complement representation of – 17 is
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFConcept:
The procedure for representing a negative decimal in 2's complement representation is as shown:
Application:
The binary representation of 17
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2 |
17 |
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2 |
8 |
1 |
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2 |
4 |
0 |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
1 |
0 |
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0 |
1 |
1710 = (10001)2
Taking the 1's complement of the above, we get 01110
Adding 1 to the 1's complement, we get the 2's complement representation of the number, i.e.
11101110 + 1 = 01111
(-17)10 in 2's complement is written as:
101111
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