Which of the following statements is/are true about Excess-3 code of the…

2022

Which of the following statements is/are true about Excess-3 code of the decimal number 85?
(i) It has five 1's.
(ii) Its least significant bit is 1.

  1. A.

    Only (i)

  2. B.

    Only (ii)

  3. C.

    Both (i) and (ii)

  4. D.

    Neither (i) nor (ii)

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Correct answer: D

To find the Excess-3 code for decimal 85, add 3 to each digit. The digit 8 becomes 11 (binary 1011), and the digit 5 becomes 8 (binary 1000). The resulting code is 1011 1000. Counting the ones gives four, so statement (i) is false. The least significant bit is 0, making statement (ii) false as well.

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