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for your encoding to meet the requirement of using "as few bits as possible" Course Hero 2. Create the Encoding Map

: You should use the fewest number of bits possible to represent all 27 required characters. (too few) and (enough), a 5-bit encoding is the most efficient solution. Example 5-Bit Encoding Scheme

Example A — Fixed-length binary (5-bit) for lowercase letters and space