An organization with a class B network address has 200 subnets.Each subnet in this organization can have at most _____ hosts.
A)64
B)128
C)256
D)512

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A class B network has a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. This means that the first two octets of the IP address are used to identify the network, and the last two octets are used to identify the host. Since there are 200 subnets, the first two octets of the IP address can take on 200 different values. This leaves 8 bits for the host portion of the IP address, which means that each subnet can have at most 256 hosts.

An Organization with a Class B Network Address Has 200