By including which logical gate, binary adder circuit is used for both binary…

2021

By including which logical gate, binary adder circuit is used for both binary addition and subtraction?

  1. A.

    Ex-AND gate

  2. B.

    AND gate

  3. C.

    Ex-OR gate

  4. D.

    OR gate

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Correct answer: C

To perform both binary addition and subtraction, a binary adder circuit uses an Ex-OR gate in combination with a control signal. The Ex-OR gate is used to generate the sum bit in addition. For subtraction, the control signal inverts the second operand using the Ex-OR gate, effectively converting the subtraction into addition of the two's complement. This allows the same circuit to perform both operations.

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