You have three hundred distinct items. How many bits would you need minimum to accommodate these three hundred distinct items?

A: 8
B: 9
C: 10
D: 11
E: 12


Answer: B: 9

It is 9 bits because 2^8=256 it will accomodate only 256 digits .and 2^9=512 means that it will accomdate 512 digits so with 9 bits we can represent these 300 bits .

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