A synchronous counter with \(N\) flip-flops can produce \(2^N\) states. Therefore, to find the minimum number of flip-flops needed, we solve for \(N\) in \(2^N \geq 8\). The smallest \(N\) that satisfies this is 3 (since \(2^3 = 8\)). So, we need 3
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