Answer:
30 host
Explanation:
Express the mask in binary:
11111111.11111111.11111111.11100000
So, all one-bits represent the prefix and all zero-bits represent the host
The number of host available is given by:
[tex]Number-of-hosts=2^{n} -2[/tex]
Where:
n=The number of bits not taken up by the prefix, in this case, n=5
The reason of the -2 it is because of the Network Address and the Broadcast address. These addresses are not available for node addressing.
Hence:
[tex]Number-of-hosts=2^{5} -2=32-2=30[/tex]
