Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Representation (Section 3 - No. 11)

What is the range of representable values in a 16-bit two's complement system?
0 to 65535
-32768 to 32767
-65535 to 65535
0 to 32767

Explanation

With n bits, the range is -2^(n-1) to 2^(n-1)-1. For 16 bits, the range is -32768 to 32767

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