Let C be the code {1100, 1010, 1001, 0110, 0101, 0011}. Which of the following is a true statement?
A) The code can detect and correct any single-digit error.
B) The code can detect any single-digit error and correct some but not all single-digit errors.
C) The code can detect any single-digit error, but cannot correct any single-digit error.
D) The code can detect some but not all single-digit errors.

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The code can detect any single-digit error because each codeword is at least a Hamming distance of 2 apart from any other codeword, but it cannot correct any single-digit error because the minimum distance is not 3.

Let C Be the Code {1100, 1010, 1001, 0110, 0101