Which of the following is the correct representation of a floating point number X?
A. 2E
B. M.2E(1/2<M<1 )
C. 2M.2E(1/2<M<1 )
D. None of the mentioned
Answer:A
Which of the following is the correct representation of a floating point number X?
A. 2E B. M.2E(1/2<M<1 ) C. 2M.2E(1/2<M<1 ) D. None of the mentioned
Explanation: The binary floating point representation commonly used in practice, consists of a mantissa M, which is the fractional part of the number and falls in the range 1/2<M<1, multiplied by the exponential factor 2E, where the exponent E is either a negative or positive integer. Hence a number X is represented as X= M.2E(1/2<M<1).