SHORT ANSWERS: Why is 2’s complement used most often? For n-bit 2’s complement, what is the range of numbers that we can represent? For n-bit signed magnitude, what is the range of numbers that we can represent?

SHORT ANSWERS: Why is 2’s complement used most often? For n-bit 2’s complement, what is the range of numbers that we can represent? For n-bit signed magnitude, what is the range of numbers that we can represent?

Database System Concepts

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Why is 2’s complement used most often?

For n-bit 2’s complement, what is the range of numbers that we can represent?

For n-bit signed magnitude, what is the range of numbers that we can represent?

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There are three short questions asked:

1. The reason for the most often use of 2's complement.

2. Write the range of the n-bit 2’s complement.

3. Write the range of the n-bit signed magnitude.

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