Question

Represent the following decimal numbers in binary using 8-bit signed magnitude, one’s complement, and two’s complement:

a) 77

b) -42

c) 119

d) -107

E) 60

f) -60

g) 20

h) -20

Answer 1

Following are the answers to the first four parts of the given question. The other four parts could be done in a similar manner.

In the given answer, an explanation has been provided for the three methods of binary representation, then a short explanation is given on how to represent various numbers in the asked format.