SOLUTION: The speed at which a certain computer can access the internet is 2 megabytes per second. How fast is this in megabytes per hour? (Please explain what your need to do and why..sorry

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Question 902337: The speed at which a certain computer can access the internet is 2 megabytes per second. How fast is this in megabytes per hour? (Please explain what your need to do and why..sorry I'm really bad at math.
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, ikleyn:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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2 Mb/sec = 7200 Mb/hr

Answer by ikleyn(52775) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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                You do not need to know Math to answer so simple question.

                Having a bit of common sense id just enough.


Probably,  you know that 1 hour is  3600  seconds.

Every second,  your computer gets  2  megabytes of info per second from the otside.

Hence,  in one hour,  the computer will get  3600  times  2  megabytes of info.

So,  all you need is to multiply  2  megabytes by  3600.

By doing it,  you will get  2*3600 = 7200  megabytes per hour.


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