Answer / varun singh

5 bytes

Answer / guest

5 bytes.
As usage caluse is not mentioned, default usage clause
which is "Display" will be used for b. Display uses 1 byte
for every character data. So 1 byte of sign(+) and other 4
bytes of pic 9(4). Total 5 bytes will be used.

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