Hexadecimal number multiplication

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I am trying to multiply hexadecimal numbers.

Here is what my book has given

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Here is my solution
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book solution and my solution has differed in the red marked area.

which solution is correct?

am I doing anything wrong here? I get 6 F but book wrote 78 in that red marked area.

Need help with this part.

Thanks

 

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momentum said:
I am trying to multiply hexadecimal numbers.

Here is what my book has given

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Here is my solution
View attachment 225711


book solution and my solution has differed in the red marked area.

which solution is correct?

am I doing anything wrong here? I get 6 F but book wrote 78 in that red marked area.

Need help with this part.

Thanks
The book's answer is correct for the part you circled. I didn't check anything else. I verified this using the calculator in Windows, in Programmer mode.
A possible reason for the number you got is that you didn't carry correctly.
 
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Mark44 said:
A possible reason for the number you got is that you didn't carry correctly.

Yes. I made mistake in carry. corrected now.
Thanks. It helped a lot.