0 votes 0 votes https://gateoverflow.in/203832/gate1990-1-iv-b explain it briefly. what 's the change are needed using base 16 and excess 64 format. Shubham Aggarwal asked Sep 28, 2018 Shubham Aggarwal 160 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Shaik Masthan commented Sep 29, 2018 reply Follow Share Actually, 7-bit Signed exponent ( By default signed numbers represented in 2's complement ) and Excess-64 are equivalent. How? excess-64 ( should be represented by 7 bits ) ===> Minimum =0 and Maximum = 127 ===> true exponent are Min = 0-64 = -64 and Max = 127-64 = 63 2's complement,signed 7-bit representation, min=-64 and max=+63 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.