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Consider a new data type, the smallchar, which can hold 6 bits. What is the larg

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Consider a new data type, the smallchar, which can hold 6 bits. What is the largest integer that an unsigned smallchar can hold? What is the largest positive integer that a signed smallchar can hold? What is the most negative integer that a signed smallchar can hold? Consider the following table. You input the given values of variable x where x is of type unsigned smallchar. What decimal values will the PIC assign to these numbers? What are the binary values of these numbers? Consider the following table. You input the given the values of variable y where y is of type signed smallchar. What true decimal values will the PIC assign to these numbers? What are the binary values of these numbers? Consider the following table. You input the given values of variable z where z in of type signed smallchar. What decimal values will the PIC assign to these numbers?

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Here I answered the first 2 questions for you:

3. Consider a new data type, the smallchar, which can hold 6 bits.
a. What is the largest integer than an unsigned smallchar can hold?
As there are 6 bits, all 1's will give you the max number. i.e., 111111 base 2.
Therefore, the largest unsigned integer for the given datatype is:
2^0 + 2^1 + 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^4 + 2^5 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 63.

b. What is the largest positive integer that a signed smallchar can hold?
As it is a signed bit, the most significant bit will be assigned for sign, and a
positive sign will have a 0 bit, so, to mark a largest signed integer, the value is 011111 base 2.
2^0 + 2^1 + 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^4 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 31.

c. What is the most negative integer that a signed smallchar can hold?
As it is a signed bit, the most significant bit will be assigned for sign, and a
negative sign will have a 1 bit, so, to mark a largest signed integer, the value is 111111 base 2.
Note the the MSB 1, is sign and not a value. So, value is: -30.

4. Consider the following table. You input the given values of variable x where x is of type
unsigned smallchar. What decimal values will the PIC assign to these numbers?
What are the binary values of these numbers?
unsigned smallchar x =       Binary       True decimal
   200               (11)001000           8
   100               (01)100100           36
   80               (01)010000           16

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