Q. 55 The value of a float type variable is represented using the single-precision 32-bit floating point format IEEE-754 standard that uses 1 bit for sign, 8 bits for biased exponent and 23 bits for mantissa. A float type variable X is assigned the decimal value of −14.25. The representation of X in hexadecimal notation is
(A) C1640000H
(B) 416C0000H
(C) 41640000H
(D) C16C0000H
Answer: (A)
Explanation: