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In IEEE 32-bit representations, the mantissa of the fraction is said to occupy ______ bits.(a) 24(b) 23(c) 20(d) 16I had been asked this question in an interview for internship.This question is from Representation of Floating Number in portion Arithmetic of Computer Architecture

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The correct choice is (b) 23

For EXPLANATION I WOULD say: The mantissa is made to occupy 23 BITS, with 8 bit EXPONENT.



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