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What is the default value of accumulator in booth’s multiplication of two 4-bit binary numbers?(a) 0(b) 1(c) 0000(d) 00000The question was asked at a job interview.This interesting question is from Booth’s Algorithm in section Computer Arithmetic of Computer Fundamentals

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Right answer is (d) 00000

Easiest explanation: The correct answer is d because in case of Booth’s ALGORITHM an extra bit is always ADDED to the BINARY numbers.The 4-bit binary numbers BECOME 5-bit numbers after adding the extra bit. Accumulator is always assigned 0 bits of the order of the binary numbers WHOSE multiplication is to be performed.



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