0 votes 0 votes A 32-bit floating-point number is represented by a 7-bit signed exponent, and a 24-bit fractional mantissa. The base of the scale factor is 16, The range of the exponent is ___________ Digital Logic digital-logic floating-point-representation + – jatin khachane 1 asked Nov 10, 2018 jatin khachane 1 588 views answer comment Share Follow See all 7 Comments See all 7 7 Comments reply Hemanth_13 commented Nov 11, 2018 reply Follow Share Which signed representation should be here? As 2's comp is used practically should we use it 0 votes 0 votes kumar.dilip commented Nov 11, 2018 reply Follow Share See Here https://gateoverflow.in/83830/gate1990-1-iv-a 0 votes 0 votes Deepanshu commented Nov 11, 2018 reply Follow Share one problem in doing too much old questions is this that they dont specify everything 0 votes 0 votes jatin khachane 1 commented Nov 11, 2018 reply Follow Share M not understanding selected answer in above link..can anyone please explain ..what is difference if base is 2 and base is 16. 0 votes 0 votes Deepanshu commented Nov 11, 2018 reply Follow Share base factor rmeans nothing more but like we have mantissa and exponential so we write 0.M * 2 ^E - bias now since scale factor 16 u write 16 ^E - bias 0 votes 0 votes jatin khachane 1 commented Nov 11, 2018 reply Follow Share Will the exponent stored is treated as base 16 number or base 2 number ?? 0 votes 0 votes Deepanshu commented Nov 11, 2018 reply Follow Share i think that it will not affect exponent ...... not sure though 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.