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  1. Example `984-599`
  2. Example `983-187`
  3. Example `599-015`
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  1. BCD Addition
  2. BCD Subtraction using 9's complement
  3. BCD Subtraction using 10's complement
  4. Excess 3 Addition
  5. Excess 3 Subtraction using 9's complement
  6. Excess 3 Subtraction using 10's complement

1. Example `984-599`
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3. Example `599-015`
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2. Example `983-187`





For 983 and 187, Find Excess 3 Subtraction using 9's complement

Solution:
`983-187` Excess 3 subtraction using `9's` complement

Steps for Excess 3 subtraction using `9's` complement
For `A-B`

1. Take `9's` complement for B

2. Add it to A using binary addition
3. If carry then add it to the next bits and consider this bits as Invalid
4. Add 3 for Invalid bits and subtract 3 for others
5. In final result, if carry is occured then add it the remaining result and if
there is no any carry over, then take `9's` complement of the result and it is negative.


1. Take `9's` complement for `187`


Note : 9's complement of a number is obtained by subtracting all bits from 999
9's complement of 187 is
999
-187

812

2. Add `983` and `812` using Excess 3 addition

Excess 3 code for 983 : 110010110110
Excess 3 code for 812 : 101101000101

Addition : 1011111111011
If carry generated then add 3 otherwise subtract 3 : -0011-0011-0011

Result : 1010011001000
Decimal value : 20128
Excess 3 value : 1795

The left most bit of the result is 1, called carry and This will be added to `795`.

`795+1=796`

So final answer of Excess 3 Subtraction is `796`


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1. Example `984-599`
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