Question

Add 00011010 to 10111111. Give your answer as an 8-bit number that is binary.

Answer 1

The sum of the 8-bit binary numbers 00011010 and 10111111 is 11010101.

Step-by-step explanation:

To add the two 8-bit binary numbers 00011010 and 10111111, we perform binary addition.

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• Starting from the rightmost digit (least significant bit), add the bits in each column.
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• If the sum is 2 (10 in binary), we write down 0 and carry over 1 to the next column.
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• Continue this process for all bit columns.

Let's do the addition:

00011010
+ 10111111
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11010101

The result of adding 00011010 and 10111111 is 11010101 in binary.