In a particular computer system, real numbers are stored using floating-point representation with:
– 8 Bits for the mantissa
– 8 Bits for the exponent
– Two’s complement form for both mantissa and exponent.
a) Calculate the floating-point representation of +3.5 in this system.
Show your working.

b) Calculate the floating-point representation of −3.5 in this system.
Show your working.

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