Why does a float variable stop incrementing at number 16777216 in given code in C#? float a = 0 ; while (true) { a++; if (a 16777216) break; }

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Why does a float variable stop incrementing at number  16777216  in given code in C#? float a = 0 ; while (true) { a++; if (a > 16777216) break; }

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Sign and Exponent for  16777217  is different from  16777216

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Sign and Exponent for  16777217  is same as for  16777216

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Mantissa is different for  16777216  and  16777217

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Sign and Exponent for  16777217  is different from  16777216

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None of the mentioned

1.	Why does a float variable stop incrementing at number 16777216 in given code in C#? float a = 0 ; while (true) { a++; if (a > 16777216) break; }
A.	Sign and Exponent for 16777217 is same as for 16777216
B.	Mantissa is different for 16777216 and 16777217
C.	Sign and Exponent for 16777217 is different from 16777216
D.	None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Sign and Exponent for 16777217 is different from 16777216

Why does a float variable stop incrementing at number 16777216 in given code in C#? float a = 0 ; while (true) { a++; if (a > 16777216) break; }