C Question:

Lets assume a 16-bit floating point representation in the style of the IEEE formatting for floating point numbers as presented in the book. In this notation, well assume that the rightmost bit is for the sign, the next 4 bits are for the exponent, and the remaining 11 bits are for the fraction.

a. (.5 point) What should the bias be for this 16-bit scientific notation?

b. (.25 point each) Fill out the table below.

Decimal floating point floating point scientific(in Hex) Binary Binary IEEE 32-bit notation 5.25 -10.1 1.101 * 2**3 Oxfc00 Decimal floating point floating point scientific(in Hex) Binary Binary IEEE 32-bit notation 5.25 -10.1 1.101 * 2**3 Oxfc00