The range of representable normalized numbers in the floating point binary fractional representation in a 32-bit word with 1-bit sign, 8-bit excess 128 biased exponent and 23-bit mantissa is
(A) 2^-128 to (1 – 2^-23 ) × 2¹²⁷
(B) (1 – 2 ^–23 ) × 2 ^–127 to 2¹²⁸
(C) (1 – 2 ^–23 ) × 2 ^–127 to 2 ²³
(D) 2 ^–129 to (1 – 2 ^–23 ) × 2 ¹²⁷


Answer: (D)

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