Why the J-bit is not included in a bit sequence of a floating-point number?

Answer 1

Not including the leading 1 saves one bit of space and allows for one extra bit of precision.

Answer 2

Not sure exactly, but, This may... Help you...

https://www.randelshofer.ch/fhw/gri/float.html

https://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/java/datarepresentation.html

Answer 3

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