Division

The basic idea is to subtract repeatedly, but unlike humans who can recognize when subtraction is/is not worthwhile, the circuitry has to do it, and then correct it if it was wrong.

0

111 Quotient

Divisor 110|11111 Dividend

-110

11

-110

****

111

-110

1 Remainder

Why can’t computers

figure this out???

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