Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Transmission (Section 12 - No. 10)

When using even parity, and the data byte is 11010010, what should the parity bit be?
0
1
No parity is used.
The parity bit is determined randomly.

Explanation

There are currently three 1's. Therefore, setting the parity bit to 1 will make the total number of 1s an even number.

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