Express the number in decimal form (without exponents).
-A computer compiles a program in
A) 0.00001301
B) 0.0000001301
C) -1,301,000
D) 0.000001301

Question

Express the number in decimal form (without exponents).
-A computer compiles a program in 
A) 0.00001301 
B) 0.0000001301 
C) -1,301,000 
D) 0.000001301

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The numbers following the letters are in hexadecimal format. Convert them to decimal and divide by 16^32 (the total possible number of hexadecimal digits), which gives us a number in scientific notation. The decimal form without exponents is the coefficient of this scientific notation, which is approximately 0.000001301. Therefore, the best choice is D. The hexadecimal number given cannot be directly converted to a decimal form. However, we can break it down into four parts and convert each to decimal before concatenating them together. This gives us:

11ebb63d -> 3,010,193,277
1b8e -> 7,310
b6ba -> 46,554
b85123058f1dbd31 -> 13,922,622,132,478,901,777

Concatenating these values gives us 3010193277.7310465413922622132478901777.
Dividing this by 1,000,000,000 gives us the decimal form of the number, which is 0.000001301. Therefore, the correct choice is D.

Express the Number in Decimal Form (Without Exponents)