document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1037236>Question 1037236</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Morse code is based on a series of dots and dashes, or as bursts of light (which may be 	short or long).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	a)	How many letters can be coded by:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	a single burst?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	two bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	three bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	four bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	b)	How many characters, in total, can be coded, by up to and including five bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	c)	How many bursts would be needed to code 100 characters?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	a)	How many letters can be coded by:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	a single burst?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2, long or short<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "•	two bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "All the others are 2^n where n = # of bursts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	three bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	four bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	b)	How many characters, in total, can be coded, by up to and including five bursts?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2^1 + 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^4 + 2^5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	c)	How many bursts would be needed to code 100 characters?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 if all characters have the same # of bursts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 if any # can be used.<BR>\n" );
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