Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Data Manipulation - Section 2.4 - Arithmetic/Logic Instructions - Questions & Exercises - Page 114: 10

Answer

$00110110$ in two’s complement; $01011110$ in floating-point. The point here is that the procedure used to add the values is different depending on the interpretation given the bit patterns.

Work Step by Step

$00110110$ in two’s complement; $01011110$ in floating-point. The point here is that the procedure used to add the values is different depending on the interpretation given the bit patterns.
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