1. Be sure to comment on how your arguments apply when one or the other probability happens to be zero. 2. Look up the letter frequencies for the 26 English letters and the space, and use these...

1. Be sure to comment on how your arguments apply when one or the other probability happens to be zero.

2. Look up the letter frequencies for the 26 English letters and the space, and use these frequencies to calculate the single-letter entropy of English. How much less is this than log 27 = 4.75 bits per symbol?