Question

the hard drive in Meredith's new computer is 1.5 TB, which has a storage capacity of 1.5 x10^12 bytes. her old computer had a hard drive that stored 120 GB, or 1.2 x 10^11. how many times larger is the storage capacity of Meredith's new hard drive?

Answer 1

The new hard driave can store 12.5 times more than the old hard drive.

Explanation:

Givens

• The hard drive of the new computer is 1.5 TB, which is equivalent to
  `1.5 * 10^(12)` bytes.
• The hard drive of the old computer is 120 GB. which is equivalent to
  `1.2 * 10^(11)` bytes.

To find how many times larger is the new hard drive thatn the old one, we just need to divide

`(1.5 * 10^(12)bytes )/(1.2 * 10^(11) bytes )=1.25 * 10 = 12.5`

Therefore, the new hard driave can store 12.5 times more than the old hard drive.

Answer 2

12.5 times larger is the storage capacity of Meredith's new hard drive

Explanation:

Meredith's new computer storage capacity = 1.5 x 10^12

Meredith's old computer storage capacity = 1.2 X 10^11

times the storage capacity of Meredith's new hard drive is larger = Meredith's new computer storage capacity/Meredith's old computer storage capacity

= 1.5X10^12/1.2X10^11

= 12.5

So, 12.5 times larger is the storage capacity of Meredith's new hard drive