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#### 2. How many bits are the floating point numbers defined by that standard allowed to be?
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**##### Single-precision format (32-bits)**
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**Single-precision format (32-bits)**
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Single-precision format floating-point numbers are represented using 32 bits, with 1 bit for the sign, 8 bits for the exponent, and 23 bits for the significand (mantissa);
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**##### Double-precision format (64-bits)**
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**Double-precision format (64-bits)**
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Double-precision floating-point numbers are represented using 64 bits, with 1 bit for the sign, 11 bits for the exponent, and 52 bits for the significand.
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