title: Questions about two's complement and IEEE 754 representations
body: <p>How would i go about finding the value of the two-byte two’s complement value 0xFF72 is"?</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Would i start by converting 0xFF72 to binary?</li>
  <li>reverse the bits. </li>
  <li>add 1 in binary notation. // lost here.</li>
  <li>write decimal.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I just dont know..</p>
  
  <p>Also,</p>
  
  <p>What about an 8 byte double that has the value: 0x7FF8000000000000. Its value as a floating point?</p>