>17 -> 0x10001 mantissa
>-1 -> 0xfffff  exponent ( or however many bits the exponent is represented by 
>exact

Still thinking in decimal...

Value = mantissa * 2 ^ exponent

And not

Vale = mantissa * 10 ^ exponent


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