The question I am seeking to solve is to find the decimal values in the rage of x to y that can be represented using a 32bit excess-65540 system.
I know that excess-N means that all values are represented in a positive way such that if you have an excess-65540 system then decimal value of 0 would equal -65540
I am confused as to
- How to find the range of a specific excess-n notation
- How to actually find a value of an excess-n notation and determine if it is positive or negative.
My guess for 1 would be a range of -65540 to 65539 for decimals but I am unsure if that is right.
2 I am a little lost on.
Hint: Invent your own smaller sample problems until you get the idea.
For example, if the question asked about 8-bit excess-17, could you answer it?
Hint 2: There are 2^32 32-bit values, and each of them corresponds to a different excess-65540 number.