Is this a mistake (Alan Fowler)? (1 Viewer)

[-X-]

7 a -8.0 = 1.0 x 2 to the power of 3
So the sign is negative
The exponent part is 127+3 = 130
The fractional part of the mantissa is 0 giving us

1 1000 0011 00000000000000000000000
Shouldn't it equal to
1 1000 0010 00000000000000000000000
?


Thanks

 

[Rahul]

i wouldnt be surprised x, the book isnt very great.

jon, if that was a question, and not an example, then he would already have the answers, from hi.com

 

[-X-]

Not sure what you mean by jon but thats his answers to converting -8 to a 32 bit IEEE.

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by -X-
Not sure what you mean by jon but thats his answers to converting -8 to a 32 bit IEEE.

Yeah he's heaps wrong X omg we were on the same ques coincidetnally lol


take a look at question 7d!!

OMG
how the fuck can it be

1/16

it's 1/32

 

[-X-]

Yeh your right!