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Consider the following IPv4 address that uses CIDR notation: 10.0.0.5/12. Which of the following subnet masks corresponds to the CIDR prefix used in this address? A. 255.0.0.0 B. 255.240.0.0 C. 255.224.0.0 D. 255.252.0.0

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The subnet mask that corresponds to the CIDR prefix 12 in the IPv4 address 10.0.0.5/12 is option C: 255.224.0.0. This subnet mask distinguishes the network portion of the address from the host portion by using 12 bits for the network part and the remaining bits for the host part.

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