Question

The multiplicand register & multiplier register of a hardware circuit implementing booth’s algorithm have (11101) & (1100). The result shall be ______

(a) (812)10

(b) (-12)10

(c) (12)10

(d) (-812)10

The question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

My doubt is from Runtime Storage Location topic in section Symbol Table of Compiler

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) (812)10

The best explanation: On multiplying we get 81210.