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A processor has $40$ distinct instruction and $24$ general purpose registers. A $32$-bit instruction word has an opcode, two registers operands and an immediate operand. The number of bits available for the immediate operand field is_______.
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32 - (6(bits for opcode instruction)+ 5(bits for register operand) + 5(bits for register operand)) = 16
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