A counter has N flip flop. The total number of states are

A counter has N flip flop. The total number of states are Correct Answer 2<sup>n</sup>

Each counter can have two states (0 or 1)

For N counter the number of states is ( 2.2.2.2.2…… n times) = 2n

E.g.

For the 2-bit counter, the number of states is 4

00, 01, 10, 11

For the 3-bit counter, the number of states is 8

000, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110, 111

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