Find minimum two’s-complement value with three ones

Consider an 8-bit signed integer stored in two's-complement form that has exactly three 1 bits and five 0 bits. What is the smallest (most negative) value that can be represented under these conditions? Options:

• A. -127
• B. -32
• C. -125
• D. -3 Overview: The question tests your grasp of two's-complement encoding and bit-level reasoning, specifically how constrained bit counts affect the possible signed 8-bit integer values.