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A block code has a minimum Hamming distance of 5. What is the maximum number of errors per codeword that it can correct?

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A block code has a minimum Hamming distance of 5. What is the maximum number of errors per codeword that it can correct?

  • A2
  • B1
  • C3
  • D4
Correct answer: A

Explanation

A code with minimum distance d corrects t = floor((d − 1) / 2) errors, so t = 2 for d = 5.

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