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16 February, 22:49

The Greek alphabet has 24 distinct lowercase letters. How many bits are needed to be able to encode any single lowercase Greek letter

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  1. 17 February, 02:03
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    You need 5 bits to encode al the 24 greek distinct lowercase letters.

    Explanation:

    o encode 24 greek distinct lowercase letters, you should be able to write in binary language 24 different combinations.

    With 1 bit you have only 2 possible combinations. Not enough.

    With 2 bit you have only 4 possible combinations. Not enough.

    With 3 and 4 bit you have only 8 and 16 possible combinations. Not enough.

    With 5 bit you have 32 possible combinations. This is enough to encode all the 24 Greek letters.
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