Step 1: Understanding the 9's complement.
To compute the 9's complement of a decimal number, subtract each digit from 9.
Step 2: Computing the 9's complement of 782.54.
For the integer part \( 782 \), subtract each digit from 9: - \( 9 - 7 = 2 \) - \( 9 - 8 = 1 \) - \( 9 - 2 = 7 \)
So, the 9's complement of 782 is 217.
For the fractional part \( .54 \), subtract each digit from 9: - \( 9 - 5 = 4 \) - \( 9 - 4 = 5 \)
Thus, the 9's complement of 782.54 is 216.45.
Therefore, the correct answer is (1) 216.54.