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  1. Example 110 - 101
  2. Example 10110 - 11101
  3. Example 11010 - 10101
  4. Example 10100 - 11010
  5. Example 1101110 - 1010101
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1. Example 110 - 101
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3. Example 11010 - 10101
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2. Example 10110 - 11101





2. Find Subtraction of 10110 and 11101 using 2's complement

Solution:
2's complement subtraction steps :
1. At first, find 2's complement of the B(subtrahend).
2. Then add it to the A(minuend).
3. If the final carry over of the sum is 1, then it is dropped and the result is positive.
4. If there is no carry over, then 2's complement of the sum is the final result and it is negative.

Here A = 10110, B = 11101.
Find A - B = ? using 2's complement
First find 2's complement of B = 11101

Note : 2's complement of a number is 1 added to it's 1's complement number.

Step-1: 1's complement of 11101 is obtained by subtracting each digit from 1
11111
-11101

00010



Step-2: Now add 1 :
00010 + 1 = 00011


Step-3: Now Add this 00011 to 10110

11
10110
+00011

11001


Step by step solution of 10110 + 00011 = 11001

Write the numbers, so that each digit lines up vertically

10110
+00011


Step-1 :
`=0_2+1_2`
`=0_10+1_10`
`=1_10`
`=1_2`
Write the 1 in the sum place

10110
+00011

1

Step-2 :
`=1_2+1_2`
`=1_10+1_10`
`=2_10`
`=2xx1+0`
`=10_2`
Write the 0 in the sum place and carry the 1 to the next carry place

1
10110
+00011

01

Step-3 :
`=1+1_2+0_2`
`=1+1_10+0_10`
`=2_10`
`=2xx1+0`
`=10_2`
Write the 0 in the sum place and carry the 1 to the next carry place

11
10110
+00011

001

Step-4 :
`=1+0_2+0_2`
`=1+0_10+0_10`
`=1_10`
`=1_2`
Write the 1 in the sum place

11
10110
+00011

1001

Step-5 :
`=1_2+0_2`
`=1_10+0_10`
`=1_10`
`=1_2`
Write the 1 in the sum place

11
10110
+00011

11001



Here there is no carry, answer is - (2's complement of the sum obtained 11001)

Note : 2's complement of a number is 1 added to it's 1's complement number.

Step-1: 1's complement of 11001 is obtained by subtracting each digit from 1
11111
-11001

00110



Step-2: Now add 1 :
00110 + 1 = 00111


So answer is -00111




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1. Example 110 - 101
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3. Example 11010 - 10101
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