The accuracy of the floating point numbers representable in two 16 bit words of a computer is approximately

The correct answer is B. 6 digits.

A 16-bit word can store 2^16 = 65536 different values. A floating point number is stored in a 16-bit word as a sign bit, an exponent, and a significand. The sign bit indicates whether the number is positive or negative. The exponent is a 4-bit number that indicates the power of 2 to which the significand should be raised. The significand is a 12-bit number that represents the fractional part of the number.

The accuracy of a floating point number is determined by the number of digits that can be

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