Morse code is used to send messages. Each symbol is represented by a series of dots and dashes. Would a maximum of four dots and/or dashes be sufficient?

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Morse code is used to send messages. Each symbol is represented by a series of dots and dashes. Would a maximum of four dots and/or dashes be sufficient?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-05T17:43:35

#"Yes"#

Explanation:

#"We have 2 possibilities : dots and dashes."#
#"This means that a series of n dots/dashes yields "2^n"# #"combinations."#
#"So if we let n go from 1 to 4 we have : "2^1 + 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^4#
#=30 " possible symbols."#
#"The alphabet is 26 letters, so we have 4 symbols left for"#
#"punctuation."#
#"I don't know what is done with digits 0,1,2, ...,9 though."#

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Morse code is used to send messages. Each symbol is represented by a series of dots and dashes. Would a maximum of four dots and/or dashes be sufficient?

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