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Loss of Precision, example

As an example, consider the 32 bits binary number

(10111110111101000000000000000000)2, where the first bit is reserved for the sign, 1 in this case yielding a negative sign. The exponent m is given by the next 8 binary numbers 01111101 resulting in 125 in the decimal system.