Problem2. Is it possible to design an expanding opcode to allow the following to be encoded in a 12-bit instruction? Show its encoding it possible. • 2 instructions with one 4-bit operands • 4 instructions with  two 3-bit operands • 2 instructions with one 4-bit operand • 16 instructions with zero registers

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Problem2. Is it possible to design an expanding opcode to allow the following to be encoded in a 12-bit instruction? Show its encoding it possible.
• 2 instructions with one 4-bit operands
• 4 instructions with  two 3-bit operands
• 2 instructions with one 4-bit operand
• 16 instructions with zero registers

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