Q$1($a$)$ A C program declares three variables $x,y,z,$ in that order. The first two are $16$bit integers, and the third a $32-$bit floating point value stored in IEEE $754$ representation. The variable $x=16896,$ and $y=-817.$ Figure Q$1$a is a memory dump of the area used to store data.

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