Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32162-592-2

Chapter 1 - Introduction, Measurement, Estimating - General Problems - Page 19: 43

Answer

46,000 years

Work Step by Step

Let's assume that a person works 50 weeks per year. First let's calculate the number of bytes per year that a person can enter: (50 weeks)(40 hr/week)(180 x 60 bytes/hr) = $2.16\times10^7$ bytes per year Next, we find out the number of years it would take a person to fill a hard drive: $\frac{1.0\times10^{12}}{2.16\times10^7} = 4.6\times10^4$ years Therefore, it would take a person 46,000 years to fill the hard drive.
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