Agent Hunt transferred classified files from the CIA mainframe onto his flash drive. The drive had some files on it before the transfer, and the transfer happened at a rate of 4.4 megabytes per second. After 32 seconds, there were 384 megabytes on the drive. The drive had a maximum capacity of 1000 megabytes.

How full was the drive when the transfer began?

How long from the time that Agent Hunt started the transfer did it take the drive to be completely full?

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Eva Glenn

7 June, 19:53

Agent Hunt transferred classified files from the CIA mainframe onto his flash drive. The drive had some files on it before the transfer, and the transfer happened at a rate of 4.4 megabytes per second. After 32 seconds, there were 384 megabytes on the drive. The drive had a maximum capacity of 1000 megabytes.

How full was the drive when the transfer began?

How long from the time that Agent Hunt started the transfer did it take the drive to be completely full?

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Myles Cuevas · Answer 1

Ok with your new values i can solve this questions for you.

the hard drive was 24.32% full when the transfer began.

4.4 x 32 = 140.8

384 - 140.8 = 243.2

243.2 divided by 1000 = 0.2432

move the decimal 2 places to the right to create a percentage and you now have your answer of 24.32%