Question

A megabyte is two to the twentieth bytes. A gigabyte is two to the thirtieth bytes. Using the exponent rule for division, find how many megabytes are in a gigabyte.

Answer 1

Exponent rule for division of numbers with identical bases is

\[\frac{x^n}{x^m} = x^{n-m}\]

Answer 2

\[megabyte = 2^{20} , gigabyte = 2^{30}\]

Answer 3

\[\frac{2^{30}}{2^{20}} = \]