In a particular computer system, real numbers are stored using floating-point representation with: • 10 bits for the mantissa • 6 bits for the exponent • two’s complement form for both mantissa and exponent. (a) Calculate the normalised floating-point representation of +192.5 in this system. Show your working.

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In a particular computer system, real numbers are stored using floating-point representation with:
• 10 bits for the mantissa
• 6 bits for the exponent
• two’s complement form for both mantissa and exponent.


(a) Calculate the normalised floating-point representation of +192.5 in this system. Show your working.

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