Lossless Compression and Data Redundancy
A student compressed three different files of the same size using the same lossless compression algorithm with these results: File 1: 80% reduction, File 2: 20% reduction, File 3: 5% reduction. What can be concluded?
A
Larger files always compress better than smaller ones
B
The algorithm was applied incorrectly to Files 2 and 3
C
File 1 likely contained the most redundant data
D
File 3 was already in a compressed format
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