Using the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) Algorithm, Encode the Following Source Symbol

Essay

Using the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) algorithm, encode the following source symbol sequence: MISSISSIPPI\#
Show initial codes as ASCII: e.g., "M". Start new codes with the code value 256.
(b) Assuming the source characters (ASCII) and the dictionary entry codes are combined and represented by a 9-bit code, calculate the total number of bits needed for encoding the source string up to the \# character, i.e. just MISSISSIPPI. What is the compression ratio, compared to simply using 8-bit ASCII codes for the input characters?