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A computer program uses 3 bits to represent integers. When the program adds the decimal (base 10) numbers 5 and 3, the result is 0. Which of the following is the best explanation for the result?

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  1. An overflow error occurred.
  2. A round-off error occurred.
  3. The result was affected by lossy data compression.
  4. The result was approximated by a floating-point representation.

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high_school_computer_science

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