Question

A computer byte is a string of 8 characters, and each character is a 0 or a 1. An example of a computer byte is 01101011. Find the number of possible computer bytes.

Answer 1

HINT :

each character can take TWO possible values 0/1

Answer 2

so it would be 8C2 = 28?

Answer 3

no it would be 8P2=56

Answer 4

neither

Answer 5

but those are very good guesses :)

Answer 6

8 characters

each character can take 2 possible values

so total possible bytes is : 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 = 2^8

Answer 7

oh okay thank you very much

Answer 8

yw!