Is there a relationship between EBCDIC character representation of the decimal digits from 0 to 9 and their BCD representation? Explain.

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Is there a relationship between EBCDIC character representation of the decimal digits from 0 to 9 and their BCD representation? Explain. 


Consider a hypothetical computer system. A 12-bit memory space is used for a sign-and-magnitude representation of integers with BCD and the sign is stored in MSB. What is the range of signed integers in base 10 that can be represented? Explain.


Convert the following hexadecimal numbers to floating-point format using single-precision IEEE 754
       format. Convert your answer to hexadecimal format.

            a)     251D                       b)     -B26.9                      

c)     -0.00A5    



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