An organization with a class B network address has 50 subnets.Each subnet in this organization can have at most _____ hosts.
A)1,024
B)512
C)256
D)128

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A class B network address has a default subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, allowing for 65,536 addresses. To create 50 subnets, you would need to use 6 bits for subnetting (2^6 = 64 subnets), leaving 10 bits for host addresses (2^10 = 1024 addresses per subnet). However, two addresses in each subnet are reserved for the network address and the broadcast address, leaving 1022 usable addresses, but the closest answer provided is 1,024.

An Organization with a Class B Network Address Has 50