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Determine The Base of The Venusian Numeration System [closed]
this question is from Thomas Koshy's book called "Discrete Mathematics With Applications":
Any idea how to do this question? I can tell that the base of the system is at least 3 (since we ...
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What's special about the number $1.000000015047466$E+$30$?
I'm a programmer by trade by I've run into a weirdly special number and need some help deciphering its significance.
I was writing some machine learning code that compiles into GPU kernel code and the ...
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calculating $1024\times(1.11111111)_{2}$
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calculate $1024\times(1.11111111)_{2}$ in terms of power of $10$
My Confusion/Approach
$1024*(1.11111111)_{2}=2^{10}(2-2^{-8})=2^{11}-2^{2}=2^{2}(2^{9}-1)$
I am not getting how $(1....
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How can I add the following 32-bit IEEE floating-point numbers?
How can I add the following two 32-bit IEEE floating-point numbers in binary?
FEDCBA98(base 16) + 89ABCDEF(base 16)
= a 33-bit binary number.
How can this be possible?
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How would you convert the following 32-bit IEEE floating-point to decimal form?
I have got -1.101 1100 1011 1010 1001 1000 * 2^(9)
How can I convert this to decimal form?
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How to find the number of normalised floating point numbers in a system?
I'm trying to make floating point number systems a bit more intuitive for myself. There are a few things I am confused about, and I think the best way to clear up my confusions would be for someone to ...
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