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Properties of Multiplication of Integers

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The minimum number of bits required to represent -16 in 2's complement representation is _____
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The correct option is A 5
Whenever a number is in $2^{n}$ form. The minimal 2's complement representation is 1 followed by n number of zeros. So, $- 16 = - 2^{4} = 10000$ .

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