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For
the most significant
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digit
of BCD we have
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p=
0.2 of a 1, p=0.8 of a 0
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Applying
Shannon’s
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formula
a 1 contributes
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2.321
bits of information,
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but
with a probability of
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0.2
this contributes 0.464
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bits
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Sum
of information for 0
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and 1
is 0.721 bits
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