Consider a number in single-precision IEEE arithmetic, as described in
section 1 of the <a
href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~lizb/na/ieee-arith-notes.ps"> IEEE
Arithmetic Short Reference</a> from the CSCI 4676 textbook.
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Suppose that f = 0101 0000 0000 0000 0000 000, e = 1000 1111, and s=0.
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<li>What are the values of the significand and the exponent?  

<li>What is the number (binary) represented?

<li>What is the number (decimal) represented?
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Solutions <a href="ieee-arith-soln.html">here</a>.