A kilobyte is 2 to the power of 10. A megabyte is 2 to the power of 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.

Question

A kilobyte is 2 to the power of 10. A megabyte is 2 to the power of 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.

anonymous · Answer

$$x^a * x^b = x^{a+b}$$

$$2^{10} * X = 2^{20}$$

anonymous · Answer

what is X????????

anonymous · Answer

the number of kilobytes in a megabyte.

X = 2^10 since

$$2^{10}*2^{10} = 2^{20}$$

anonymous · Answer

its like saying i spent 8$ on apples that were 2$ each. how many did i buy?

2 * X = 8

anonymous · Answer

its like saying i spent 8$ on apples that were 2$ each. how many did i buy?

the equation is: 2 * X = 8.
and one would solve for X.

X = 4 obv