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​​​​​A source transmits a symbol $s$, taken from $\{-4,0,4\}$ with equal probability, over an additive white Gaussian noise channel. The received noisy symbol $r$ is given by $r=s+w$, where the noise $w$ is zero mean with variance 4 and is independent of $s$. Using $Q(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} \int_{x}^{\infty} e^{\frac{-t^{2}}{2}} d t$, the optimum symbol error probability is $\_\_\_\_\_\_$.

  1. $\frac{2}{3} Q(2)$
  2. $\frac{4}{3} Q(1)$
  3. $\frac{2}{3} Q(1)$
  4. $\frac{4}{3} Q(2)$

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