. Show that if D(a,b) and D(b,c) have the same parity (i.e., are both even or are both odd), then D(a,c) must be even.

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For the cube graph , the distance between two vertices

a=(a1,a2,...,an) and b=(b1,b2,...,bn)

is called the “Hamming distance.”  This is the number of positions where a and b differ.  For instance, the Hamming distance between (0,0,1,0) and (1,1,0,0) is 3 because these two vertices differ in three positions.  In each of the parts A,B below, D(x,y) is the Hamming distance in Qn:

A. Show that if D(a,b) and D(b,c) have the same parity (i.e., are both even or are both odd), then D(a,c) must be even.

B. Show that if D(a,b) and D(b,c) have different parity, then D(a,c) must be odd.

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