A certain CD-ROM disk can store approximately 6.0 × 10² megabytes of information, where 106 bytes = 1 megabyte. If an average word requires 9.0 bytes of storage, how many words can be stored on one disk? A) 6.7 × 10⁷ words B) 5.4 × 10⁹ words C) 2.1 × 10⁷ words D) 2.0 × 10⁹ words

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1 megabyte = 106 bytes6.0 × 102 megabytes = 6.0 × 102 × 106 bytes = 6.0 × 108 bytesNumber of words = (6.0 × 108 bytes) / (9.0 bytes/word) = 6.7 × 107 words

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