What is the closest representation to the smallest positive normalized number that can be stored?

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What is the closest representation to the smallest positive  normalized  number that can be stored?

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A number with the smallest possible non-zero exponent and a mantissa of all zeros (except the implied leading 1).

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A number with all exponent bits as 0 and all mantissa bits as 0.

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A number with the largest possible exponent and a mantissa of all ones.

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A number with all exponent bits as 1 and all mantissa bits as 0.

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