An organisation holds 192.168.0.0/16 and needs exactly 64 subnets. How many bits must be borrowed to achieve this?
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A8 bits, producing 256 subnets
B7 bits, producing 128 subnets
C6 bits, producing 2 to the power of 6 = 64 subnets
D4 bits, producing 16 subnets
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