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The number of sign bits in a 32-bit IEEE format is _______(a) 1(b) 11(c) 9(d) 23The question was posed to me at a job interview.Origin of the question is Binary Multiplication & Division in division Computer Arithmetic of Computer Fundamentals

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Right option is (a) 1

The best I can explain: There is only 1 SIGN bit in all the standards. In a 32-bit format, there is 1 sign bit, 8 bits for the EXPONENT and 23 bits for the mantissa.



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