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

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 man bits are in a megabyte?

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Write your answer as a power 2. Show your work and explain your steps. 

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 man bits are in a megabyte?

anonymous · Answer

well 
1 byte = 2^3
2^20 = x
cross multiply 
so 
2^20*2^3 = x 
4^23 = x 
you want it in bits, so you might want to turn 4 in to 2 i think 
so factor it out 
which will be 
2(2^23) -- i think this is right 
correct it me if i am wrong