A mobile phone holds 1.28 × 10^(5) bytes of storage. You can also pay more money to get an additional 384,000,000,000 bytes. How much storage would your phone have if you buy the additional bytes? The answer should be in scientific notation.
A. 5.12 x 10^(11)
B. 512 x 10^(9)
C. 385.28 x 10^(11)
D. 385,280,000,000
To calculate the total storage after buying the additional bytes, we need to add the initial storage and the additional storage.
Initial storage: 1.28 × 10^(5) bytes
Additional storage: 384,000,000,000 bytes
Total storage = Initial storage + Additional storage
Total storage = 1.28 × 10^(5) + 384,000,000,000
Total storage = 384,000,001,280
Now, we can express this number in scientific notation:
Total storage = 3.84 × 10^(11)
Therefore, the correct answer is A. 5.12 x 10^(11)