Standard Form and Data Storage

Standard Form and Data Storage

Secondary 3

The storage capacity of an external hard disk is \(3\) terabytes (TB). (\(1\) tera \(={{10}^{12}}\))

If the size of a song clip is \(5.5\) megabytes (MB), (\(1\) mega \(={{10}^{6}}\)) how many songs can be stored in the external hard disk?

Give your answer in standard form, correct to \(3\) significant figures.

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Answer:\(5.45\times10^5\) songs (3 s.f.).

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