diff --git a/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/maxXor.cpp b/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/maxXor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc4b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/maxXor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+    uint32_t L, R, M;
+    cin >> L >> R;
+    M = L^R;
+
+    M--;
+    M |= M >> 1;
+    M |= M >> 2;
+    M |= M >> 4;
+    M |= M >> 8;
+    M |= M >> 16;
+
+    cout << M;
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/maxXor.py b/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/maxXor.py
index 2ec28cf..d58f2bf 100755
--- a/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/maxXor.py
+++ b/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/maxXor.py
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     R = int(input())
     A, B, M = maxXor(L, R)
     print("{}^{} = {}".format(A, B, M))
+    print("{}^{} = {}".format(bin(A), bin(B), bin(M)))