INSTRUCTIONS:

You must show all necessary work to receive credit.

For every question, show all the necessary work to get to the answer. Messy or incomplete answers will not receive full points; they may receive no points. Answers appearing by magic will receive no points. A simple Yes or No answer may receive NO points. Explain!

1. Consider the following decimal numbers (-17) and (-19).

i. Convert the given numbers into their corresponding 7-bit binary number.

ii. Add the respective binary numbers obtained in part(i).

iii. Based on part(ii), do we obtain a 7-bit or an 8-bit binary result? What does the extra bit indicate?

iv. Do we experience overflow considering the magnitude of the binary sum in part(iii)? Explain.