Question 1 Consider a communication system consisting of a binary block code with codeword uniformly at random chosen, an error channel, and a minimum-distance decoder. Check the correct statement about the minimum-distance decoder.

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It minimizes the error probability if the channel is a binary symmetric channel with crossover (flip) probability smaller than 1/2.

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None of the others can be stated with certainty due to missing information.

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It always minimizes the error probability.

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It minimizes the error probability if the channel is a binary symmetric channel.

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