In order to store floating numbers in computer using the normalized represetation and 32 - bit single precision, the number of bits used for exponent and fraction are _______ , ___________ respectively.
IEEE 754 single precision (32 bits) uses 1 bit for the sign, 8 bits for the exponent (bias 127) and 23 bits for the fraction (mantissa).
Answer: (D) 8, 23
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