a) What is/are the benefit(s) of computing entropy for the source coding? (a) What is the difference between variable length source coding and fixed length source coding?

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(a) What is/are the benefit(s) of computing entropy for the source coding?
(a) What is the difference between variable length source coding and fixed length source coding?

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