The minimum number of $$JK$$ flip-flops required to construct a synchronous counter with the count sequence $$\left( {0,0,1,1,2,2,3,3,0,0,...} \right)$$ is ____________.

The number of min-terms after minimizing the following Boolean expression is _______________ . $$$\left[ {D' + AB' + A'C + AC'D + A'C'D} \right]'$$$

A half adder is implemented with $$XOR$$ and $$AND$$ gates. A full adder is implemented with two half adders and one $$OR$$ gate. The propagation delay of an $$XOR$$ gate is twice that of an $$AND/OR$$ gate. The propagation delay of an $$AND/OR$$ gate is $$1.2$$ microseconds. A $$4$$-bit ripple-carry binary adder is implemented by using four full adders. The total propagation time of this $$4$$-bit binary adder in microseconds is____________ .

Perform the following operations on the matrix $$\left[ {\matrix{ 3 & 4 & {45} \cr 7 & 9 & {105} \cr {13} & 2 & {195} \cr } } \right]$$
(i) Add the third row to the second row
(ii) Subtract the third column from the first column.

The determinant of the resultant matrix is _________.