Two's Complement Exercises

Answers:
1. Find the 8-bit two's complement of 26

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a) write the 8-bit binary representation of 26

26 = (16 + 8 + 2) = 11010 = 00011010
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b) switch all the 1's to 0's and 0's to 1's

11100101

c) add 1 in binary notation

11100101
+
1
11100110

Therefore, the 8-bit two's complement of 26 is 11100110 .

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2. Find the decimal representation of the two's complement number 11010011

a) find the two's complement of 11010011

1. switch all 1's to 0's and 0's to 1's ; 11010011

00101100

2. add 1 in binary notation

00101100
+
1
00101101

b. write the decimal representation of 00101101

00101101 = (32 + 8 + 4 + 1) = 45
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Therefore, the decimal representation of the two's complement 11010011 is -45 .

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