Addition and Subtraction of Floating Points

Learn how to add and subtract floating point numbers.

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Although the floating point numbers can be compared as they are, they have to be decoded before performing arithmetic on them. This is because floating point representation is born out of some set conventions and, doesn’t inherently have any value. We will look at addition and subtraction in the 88-bit floating points introduced in a previous lesson.

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