Megabits per hour to Terabits per hour conversion

How to convert megabits per hour to terabits per hour?

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Conversion from Megabits per Hour to Terabits per Hour

1 Megabit (Mb) is a unit of information or data equal to 1 million bits (using the base-10 system), and it is also interpreted as 2^20 bits (using the base-2 system).

Base-10 Calculation:

In the base-10 system, which is commonly used in telecommunications and data rates:

1 Terabit (Tb) = 1 trillion bits = 10^12 bits.

1 Megabit (Mb) = 1 million bits = 10^6 bits.

Therefore, to convert 1 Megabit per hour (Mb/hr) to Terabits per hour (Tb/hr) using base-10: $1 \text{ Mb/hr} = \frac{1 \times 10^6 \text{ bits/hr}}{10^{12} \text{ bits}} = 1 \times 10^{-6} \text{ Tb/hr}$

So, 1 Mb/hr is equal to 1 x 10^-6 Tb/hr in the base-10 system.

Base-2 Calculation:

In the base-2 system (binary), which is sometimes used in computing:

1 Terabit (Tb) = 2^40 bits.

1 Megabit (Mb) = 2^20 bits.

Therefore, to convert 1 Megabit per hour (Mb/hr) to Terabits per hour (Tb/hr) using base-2: $1 \text{ Mb/hr} = \frac{2^{20} \text{ bits/hr}}{2^{40} \text{ bits}} = 2^{-20} \text{ Tb/hr}$

Since $2^{10} = 1024$: $2^{20} = (2^{10})^2 = 1024^2 = 1,048,576 \text{ bits}$ $2^{40} = (2^{10})^4 = 1024^4 = 1,099,511,627,776 \text{ bits}$

Therefore: $1 \text{ Mb/hr} = \frac{1,048,576 \text{ bits/hr}}{1,099,511,627,776 \text{ bits}} \approx 9.53674 \times 10^{-7} \text{ Tb/hr}$

So, in the base-2 system, 1 Mb/hr is approximately 9.53674 x 10^-7 Tb/hr.

Real World Examples of Data Rates

To give some context, here are examples of different quantities of data rates:

• 10 Megabits per hour (Mb/hr)

  • Equivalent in base-10: $10 \times 10^{-6} = 1 \times 10^{-5} \text{ Tb/hr}$.
  • Equivalent in base-2: $10 \times 9.53674 \times 10^{-7} \approx 9.5367 \times 10^{-6} \text{ Tb/hr}$.

• 100 Megabits per hour (Mb/hr)

  • Equivalent in base-10: $100 \times 10^{-6} = 1 \times 10^{-4} \text{ Tb/hr}$.
  • Equivalent in base-2: $100 \times 9.53674 \times 10^{-7} \approx 9.5367 \times 10^{-5} \text{ Tb/hr}$.

• 1 Gigabit per hour (Gb/hr)

  • Equivalent in base-10: $1 \text{ Gb/hr} = 1000 \text{ Mb/hr} = 1 \times 10^{-3} \text{ Tb/hr}$.
  • Equivalent in base-2: $1 \text{ Gb/hr} = 1024 \text{ Mb/hr} = 1024 \times 9.53674 \times 10^{-7} \approx 9.77 \times 10^{-4} \text{ Tb/hr}$.

• 1 Terabit per hour (Tb/hr)

  • Equivalent in base-10: $1 \text{ Tb/hr} = 1 \text{ Tb/hr}$.
  • Equivalent in base-2: $1 \text{ Tb/hr} = 1 \text{ Tb/hr}$ (since it's already in Terabits).

These conversions can help you understand the scale of different data rates and how various units of measure relate to each other in both decimal (base-10) and binary (base-2) systems.