6.   How much Information could I represent given

 

a.      5 bits?

b.     11 bits?

c.      24 bits?

d.     138 bits?

     a.   5 bits     =  25   =  32 pieces of information

      b.   11 bits   =  211  = 512 pieces of information

      c.   24 bits   =  224  = 16,777,216 pieces of information

   d.   138 bits =  2138 =  34,844,914,372,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pieces of  information