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The weights used in Binary coded decimal code are:(a) 4,2,1(b) 8,4,2,1(c) 6,4,2,1(d) 2,1The question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.My question is based upon BCD topic in portion Computer Codes of Computer Fundamentals

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The correct answer is (B) 8,4,2,1

The best explanation: BCD is a weighted code and it uses the weights 8,4,2,1 respectively. It is often called the 8421 code. Since, it uses 4 bits for the REPRESENTATION therefore the weights are assigned as : 2^3 = 8, 2^2 = 4, 2^1 = 2, 2^0 = 1.



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