Invitation to Computer Science 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337561916
ISBN 13: 978-1-33756-191-4

Chapter 4 - Exercises - Page 217: 4c

Answer

Not possible

Work Step by Step

Maximum value representable with 8 bits (unsigned) is: $2^8-1=255$ Since $275$ is greater than $255$, it will need more than 8 bits, so $255$ cannot be represented in 8 bits.
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