This Problem Covers Floating-Point IEEE Format

question 4

Essay

This problem covers floating-point IEEE format.
(a) List four floating-point operations that cause NaN to be created?
(b) Assuming single precision IEEE 754 format, what decimal number is represent by this word:
1 01111101 00100000000000000000000
(Hint: remember to use the biased form of the exponent.)

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Definitions:

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