Answer
$0111100000000011$
Work Step by Step
The first 10 bits represents mantissa and the next 6 bits represent base-2 exponent.
$7.5=7+0.5=111_2+2^{-1}=111.1_2=0.1111\cdot 2^3$
The exponent is $3=11_2$
The number is:
$0111100000000011$
Invitation to Computer Science 8th Edition
by Gersting, Judith L.; Schneider, G. Michael
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1337561916
ISBN 13:
978-1-33756-191-4
Chapter 4 - Exercises - Page 217: 10a
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