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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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2. Example 10110 - 11101
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4. Example 10100 - 11010
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3. Example 11010 - 10101





3. Find Subtraction of 11010 and 10101 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 = 11010, B = 10101.
Find A - B = ? using 2's complement
First find 2's complement of B = 10101

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

Step-1: 1's complement of 10101 is obtained by subtracting each digit from 1
11111
-10101

01010



Step-2: Now add 1 :
01010 + 1 = 01011


Step-3: Now Add this 01011 to 11010

11
11010
+01011

100101


Step by step solution of 11010 + 01011 = 100101

Write the numbers, so that each digit lines up vertically

11010
+01011


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

11010
+01011

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
11010
+01011

01

Step-3 :
`=1+0_2+0_2`
`=1+0_10+0_10`
`=1_10`
`=1_2`
Write the 1 in the sum place

1
11010
+01011

101

Step-4 :
`=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

11
11010
+01011

0101

Step-5 :
`=1+1_2+0_2`
`=1+1_10+0_10`
`=2_10`
`=2xx1+0`
`=10_2`
Write the 10 in the sum place

11
11010
+01011

100101



The left most bit of the result (100101) is 1, called carry and it is ignored.

So answer is 00101




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