Consider the representation of numbers in standard floating$-$point form:

$x=(-1{)}^s(1.f)2^{(b-\text{b}\text{i}\text{a}\text{s})}$

Now, consider a hypothetical computer, that represents floating point numbers with $12$ bits, allocating $4$

bits to the exponent, and $7$ bits for the fraction.

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