Question

A kilobyte is 2^10. A megabyte is 2^20 bytes. How many kilobytes are in a megabyte? Use the exponent rule for division to find your answer and give your answer in exponential form.

Answer 1

We want to divide the amount of bytes in a megabyte by the amount of bytes in a kilobyte like so:
\[\frac{ 2^{20} }{ 2^{10} }=2^{20-10}\]Keeping in mind that when we divide terms with like bases, the bases subtract.

Answer 2

mkay