Explain the difference between fixed point and floating point

the term fixed point refers to the corresponding manner in which numbers are represented,with a fixed numver of digits after,and sometimes before,the demical point.with the floating point representation,the placement of the demical point can float relative to the significant digit of the number

omg taking this same test i was stuck on the same question i was too lazy to read the book sadly i cant really give you an answer to this question too complex the answer will be in chapter 5 of the cay