2)Research on a special (hypothetical) species of beetles in the Amazon shows th
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2)Research on a special (hypothetical) species of beetles in the Amazon shows that they can send a complex set of chemical messages to each other. There are ?ve messages, which under lab work have been shown to have different frequencies of use. The ?ve messages, together with their frequency in 1000 messages recorded in the lab, are as follows: (1) Assertion of territorial ownership, 500; (2) Response to ownership, 250; (3) Sexual availability, 125; (4) Acceptance of sexual availability, 80; (5) Sexual challenge to rival, 55. What are the bits required for each message? Which message carriesthe most information?
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