17/32 (0.53125).

More generally, a rational number a/b, with a and b relatively prime and b positive, can be exactly represented in binary fixed point only if b is a power of 2; and in decimal fixed point only if b has no prime factors other than 2 or 5.

Comparison with floating-point

Fixed-point computations can be faster or use less hardware than floating-point ones. If the range of the values to be represented

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