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What is the rate of hamming codes?
Correct Answer: A — 1 - r/(2^r - 1)
Rate of a hamming code = message length / block length = (2^r - r - 1) / (2^r - 1) = 1 - r/(2^r - 1). It is the highest rate for a minimum distance of 3.