Question

A bit is a 0 or a 1. a bit string of length 8 is a sequence of 8 digits, all of which are either 0 and 1. (a) how many bit strings of length 8 are there?

Answer 1

There are 256 bit strings of length 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each bit is either 0 or 1, so the base is 2.

The length is 8, so the power is 8.

Therefore the calculation is 2^8 = 256.

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