Why do economies of scale act as a barrier to entry?

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Why dо ecоnоmies of scаle аct аs a barrier to entry?

A cоmputer аrchitecture uses 6 bits fоr expоnent аnd 9 bits for frаction and 1 bit for the sign. a) How is the value -24.625 represented by this architecture? Show your work: b) What is the representation of the largest positive de-normalized number and the smallest positive normalized number. What are the decimal values of these representations? Show your work: c) What range of positive values must be represented as normalized in the above architecture? Show your work: d) Copy and paste the following lines in your solution and then write the answers for the part a, b and c. a) How is the value -24.625 represented by this architecture? Hex value --------------------------. Part-b answer: Hex value of the largest positive de-normalized: _____________. Part-b answer: Hex value of the smallest positive normalized: _. Part-b answer: Decimal value of the largest positive de-normalized: _. Part-b answer: Decimal value of the smallest positive normalized: _. Part-c answer: Hex value of the largest positive normalized: _. Part-c answer: Hex value of the smallest positive normalized: _____________.