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Assume all values are stored in a single precision IEEE-754 format. Calculate 2.5*10-1 divided by: a....

Assume all values are stored in a single precision IEEE-754 format. Calculate 2.5*10-1 divided by:

a. 1.25*10-1

b. 0

Show all your steps and write your answers in both the single-precision floating-point format and in decimal.

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One method of computing the difference between two floating-point numbers is to compute the difference exactly and then round it to the nearest floating-point number. This is very expensive if the operands differ greatly in size. Assuming p = 3, 2.15

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