C Programming - Floating Point Issues - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Floating Point Issues - General Questions (Q.No. 7)
7.
The binary equivalent of 5.375 is
101.101110111
101.011
101011
None of above
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Sibinxavier said:   1 decade ago
After "." it become

111= 1/2,1/4,1/8

375
011 = 0*(1/2)+1(1/4)+1(1/8)
=.25+.125 =.375
5.375 =101.011

Mrudula said:   1 decade ago
Why should we write only the decimal part from botom to top, it seems some more explanation is need to be there.

Abirami said:   2 decades ago
I didn't understand the question. Please give me the correct explanation and how the ans comes.

Ishu said:   9 years ago
5.375.
5 = 1(2^2) + 0(2^1) + 1(2^0).
0.375 = (0/(2^1)) + (1/(2^2)) + (1/(2^3)).
(2)

Srujana said:   10 years ago
In decimal number, how to convert float or binary is any possibilities?

ASAbi4U said:   9 years ago
Thanks for explaining the concept, it will be easy now. Thank you all.

Siva said:   10 years ago
If a binary number is given. How to convert it to decimal number?

Sudhanshu shekhar said:   1 decade ago
If base of 5.375 is 10 then answer is 101.011 others answer is D.

Kittu said:   1 decade ago
Because they asked binary equivalent thats why we multiply by 2 .

Bharath said:   1 decade ago
I did'tunderstand this can please provide a better solution.


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