<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Computer Architecture Class:</div><div><br></div><div>A fellow student posed a question in regards to the specification.</div><div><br></div><div><div>In the specifications for project 3, "Prompt the user for the number of floating point values that the user will enter. You MUST save this number as in integer or 10 points are deducted from the assignment. Later you will need to convert it to a float" means that you will use syscall 5 that reads an integer value placing it into register $v0 (see <a href="https://courses.missouristate.edu/KenVollmar/MARS/Help/SyscallHelp.html">https://courses.missouristate.edu/KenVollmar/MARS/Help/SyscallHelp.html</a> for syscall info). Thus, when you prompt your user with the message "How many numbers would you like to average?" you will use syscall 5. Once you calculate the summation of the user entered floating point numbers, you will need to convert this integer that the user entered to a floating point number so that you may use it as the divisor in the computing the average.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#006fc9" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Dianne Foreback, Ph.D.</span></font></div><div><font color="#006fc9" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Assistant Professor and M.S. Non-thesis Graduate Coordinator</span></font></div><div><font color="#006fc9" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Department of Computer Science</span></font></div><div><font color="#006fc9" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Math and Computer Science Building (MSB) 266</span></font></div><div><font color="#006fc9" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA</span></font></div><div><font color="#006fc9" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Phone: 330.672.9064</span></font></div><div><font color="#006fc9" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Email: <a href="mailto:dforebac@kent.edu" target="_blank">dforebac@kent.edu</a></span></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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