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wclawson
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Homework Statement
Floating Point representation:
Given Xmax/Xmin=2^4076, what is the size of the mantissa? How many numbers can exist?
If mantissa is 0.xxx instead of 1.xxx, how many numbers can exist?
Homework Equations
(-1)S x 1.M x BE
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm not sure, but is this the correct method to use?
{(-1)-S'(1.M')(BE'-E'')+(-1)-S''(1.M'')}BE''