The hamming distance between two code words C 1 = [1011 0101] and

The hamming distance between two code words C 1 = [1011 0101] and
| The hamming distance between two code words C1 = [1011 0101] and C2 = [0111 1010] is

A. 4

B. 5

C. 3

D. 6

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Right Answer is: D

SOLUTION

The Hamming distance between two codewords is the number of bit positions in which they differ.

Given:

C1 = [1011 0101]

C2 = [0111 1010]

Since the two codewords differ in 6 bit positions as indicated by bold letter bits, the hamming distance is 6.

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