The hamming distance between the octets of 0xAA and 0x55 is

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The hamming distance between the octets of 0xAA and 0x55 is

Answer: C. 8 — Convert 0xAA to binary (10101010) and 0x55 to binary (01010101). The Hamming distance counts differing bit positions. Since all 8 bits differ between these…

  1. A.

    7

  2. B.

    5

  3. C.

    8

  4. D.

    6

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Correct answer: C

Convert 0xAA to binary (10101010) and 0x55 to binary (01010101). The Hamming distance counts differing bit positions. Since all 8 bits differ between these two octets, the Hamming distance is 8.

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