How do you subnet 10.0.0.0/16 to support 50 subnets each with at least 100 hosts?

Need 50 subnets → 2^6 = 64, so 6 subnet bits. Need 100 hosts/subnet → 2^7 - 2 = 126, so 7 host bits. 16 + 6 + 7 = 29 bits used → /23 prefix would give us 7 host bits and 7 subnet bits (128 subnets). Most accurate answer: /23 mask (255.255.254.0) works — gives 128 subnets of 510 hosts each. Trade-off: address efficiency vs subnet count.

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