a. Computer capacity is often measured in bits and bytes. A bit is the smallest unit, which is a 1 or 0, in the computer’s memory. A byte is 2^3 bits. A megabyte (MB) is 2^20 bytes. How many bytes are in a megabyte?

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a.	Computer capacity is often measured in bits and bytes. A bit is the smallest unit, which is a 1 or 0, in the computer’s memory. A byte is 2^3 bits. A megabyte (MB) is 2^20 bytes. How many bytes are in a megabyte?

anonymous · Answer

Write an answer as a power of 2. Show you work and explain your steps.

anonymous · Answer

someone please help

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

The question is 

             "How many bytes are in a megabyte?"

right?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

or is that a typo?

because it gives you "A megabyte (MB) is 2^20 bytes"

anonymous · Answer

i think

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

it has to be a typo because the answer is just 2^20, which is already given

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

but that seems too simple, so that's why I'm thinking it's a typo

anonymous · Answer

so thats the anwser

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

yeah but I think there's a typo, so idk what they really want

anonymous · Answer

i dont really know ill check

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

alright

anonymous · Answer

thanks