Correct answer: A
By borrowing 5 bits from the last octet, you can. have 30 subnets. If you borrowed
only 4 bits you could only have 14 subnets. The formula is (2 to the power of n)-2. By
borrowing 4 bits, you have (2×2x2×2)-2=14. By borrowing 5 bits, you have
(2×2x2×2x2)-2=30. To get 20 subnets, you would need to borrow 5 bits so the subnet
mask would be 255.255.255.248.