document.write( "Question 1036173: You also learned in class that one kilobyte of computer memory will hold about 2/3 of a page of typical text(without formatting). A typical book has about 400 pages. Can the 9-gig flash drive hold tens, hundreds, or thousands of such books? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #650805 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! You also learned in class that one kilobyte of computer memory will hold about 2/3 of a page of typical text(without formatting). A typical book has about 400 pages. Can the 9-gig flash drive hold tens, hundreds, or thousands of such books? \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes \n" ); document.write( "1 gigbyte = 1,000,000,000 bytes \n" ); document.write( "---------- \n" ); document.write( "book = 400 pages = 400/(2/3) = 600 kilogytes \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "# of books = 9,000,000,000/600 = 15 million books \n" ); document.write( "------------ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( " |