Convert 42db5000 base 16 to base 10 floating point form assuming this is a signed floating point encoding (ieee754) (32-bit)

Sign = bit 32 = 0

Exponent = bits 24..31 =  10000101 = 133. Exponent is 133-127 = 6

Mantissa = bits 1..23 = 10110110101000000000000 = 5984256

is 1/2 + 1/8 + 1/6 + ...

resulting float value: 109.65625

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