SOLUTION: The photo sharing site Flickr had 2.7 billion photos in June 2012. Create a comparison to understand this number by assuming each picture is about 2 megabytes in size, and comparin

Question 1145078: The photo sharing site Flickr had 2.7 billion photos in June 2012. Create a comparison to understand this number by assuming each picture is about 2 megabytes in size, and comparing to the data stored on other media like DVDs, iPods, or flash drives?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Multiply 2.7 X 10^9 times 2.0 X 10^6. Do some research to find the typical data capacity of DVDs, iPods, and flash drives. Divide the result of your initial calculation by the results of your research and tabulate the answers.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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