This is kind of a homework question I'm having trouble figuring out. I am given the sign bit, the significand, and the exponent of a ieee 754 floating point number and need to find the decimal value.
sign bit = 1;
significand = 001 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000
exponent = 0000 0000
Since the exponent is zero and the significand is non-zero I am using the following equation for denormalized numbers.
V = (-1)^(Sign) * 2^(-126) * (0.significand)
V = (-1) * 2^(-126) * (0.00110000000000000000000)
V = -1.29 * 10^(-141)
But, I was given the solution and it is -1.10 * 10^(-39), I then put this into a online converter and got another number.... Could someone help out with this?
sign bit = 1;
significand = 001 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000
exponent = 0000 0000
Since the exponent is zero and the significand is non-zero I am using the following equation for denormalized numbers.
V = (-1)^(Sign) * 2^(-126) * (0.significand)
V = (-1) * 2^(-126) * (0.00110000000000000000000)
V = -1.29 * 10^(-141)
But, I was given the solution and it is -1.10 * 10^(-39), I then put this into a online converter and got another number.... Could someone help out with this?
