Finding minimum number of bits to represent each character:

It is meant that Zebronians uses 40 characters for calculation. If one were a computer designer and if he wants to design a computer for Zebronians they could use 40 characters. Generally, BCD uses 4 bits whereas for Zebronians they should represent all the 40 characters.

By using BCD,

24=16, which is insufficient to store the 40 char

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