According to IEEE standard 754, how many bits are allotted to mantissa for…
2022
According to IEEE standard 754, how many bits are allotted to mantissa for double-precision representation of real numbers?
Answer: C. 52 — IEEE 754 double-precision format allocates 64 bits total: 1 sign bit, 11 exponent bits, and 52 mantissa bits. The mantissa stores the significant digits of…
- A.
16
- B.
32
- C.
52
- D.
64
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IEEE 754 double-precision format allocates 64 bits total: 1 sign bit, 11 exponent bits, and 52 mantissa bits. The mantissa stores the significant digits of the number after normalization, providing precision for real number representation.
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