Flash drives these days seem very small to those of us who were around at the be

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Flash drives these days seem very small to those of us who were around at the beginning of the personal computer revolution. The hand shown in the picture at the right is holding a drive that can store 32 GigaBytes (32 x 109 Bytes). Estimate how big a Byte is; that is, how much physical volume in the drive has to be devoted to storing the information in 1 Byte? Be sure to clearly state your assumptions and how you came to the numbers you estimated, since grading on this problem will be mostly based on your reasoning, not on your answer.

Explanation / Answer

Here volume of flash drive will be = l * b * h = 2 * 1 * 0.5 = 1.00 cm^3

Volume Occupied = 1.00 cm^3 / 32 * 10 ^ 9 = 3.1250 * 10 ^ -11 cm^3 or 3.1250 * 10 ^ -17 m^3 ======================================================ANSWER)

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