SOLUTION: Morse code is based on a series of dots and dashes, or as bursts of light (which may be short or long).
a) How many letters can be coded by:
• a single burst?
• two bursts?
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Question 1037236: Morse code is based on a series of dots and dashes, or as bursts of light (which may be short or long).
a) How many letters can be coded by:
• a single burst?
• two bursts?
• three bursts?
• four bursts?
b) How many characters, in total, can be coded, by up to and including five bursts?
c) How many bursts would be needed to code 100 characters?
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Morse code is based on a series of dots and dashes, or as bursts of light (which may be short or long).
a) How many letters can be coded by:
• a single burst?
2, long or short
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• two bursts?
4
All the others are 2^n where n = # of bursts
• three bursts?
• four bursts?
b) How many characters, in total, can be coded, by up to and including five bursts?
2^1 + 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^4 + 2^5
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c) How many bursts would be needed to code 100 characters?
7 if all characters have the same # of bursts.
6 if any # can be used.
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