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An important drawback of binary system is ________(a) It requires very large string of 1’s and 0’s to represent a decimal number(b) It requires sparingly small string of 1’s and 0’s to represent a decimal number(c) It requires large string of 1’s and small string of 0’s to represent a decimal number(d) It requires small string of 1’s and large string of 0’s to represent a decimal numberThe question was asked during a job interview.This intriguing question comes from Number System topic in chapter Number System and Codes of Digital Circuits

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Right answer is (a) It REQUIRES very large string of 1’s and 0’s to represent a decimal number

The BEST explanation: The most VITAL drawback of BINARY system is that it requires very large string of 1’s and 0’s to represent a decimal number. Hence, Hexadecimal systems are used by processors for calculation purposes as it compresses the long binary strings into small parts.



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