Question: 1. If we wanted to represent the decimal number 1,000,000 as a binary floating point number with an 8-bit mantissa, what would the mantissa be?

1. If we wanted to represent the decimal number 1,000,000 as a binary floating point number with an 8-bit mantissa, what would the mantissa be?

Your answer should be some combination of exactly 8 0's or 1's. No spaces or other extra characters (if Canvas adds commas, you can ignore that and submit your answer.)

2. If we wanted to represent the decimal number 0.0009765625 as a binary floating point number with an 8-bit mantissa, what would the exponent be?

Your answer should be in 8-bit 2's complement with no extra spaces or characters.

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