Answer / shaan

Answer would be 18+1/2=9.5 rounded to 10 bytes.

Answer / vijay

IT TAKES ONLY 10 BYTES

(18/2)+0.5+0.5=10 BYTES

Answer / shaan

Well since comp-3 items are packed decimal items,2 digits
will be stored in each byte and the last nibble(4 bits) will
contain the sign.

Answer / vinodquestion

Thanks shaan, And what is for sigh decimal numbers
representation for same comp 3? i.e internal representation
of signed decimal number

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