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In metric, mega = 1000 kilo = 1000 * 1000 = 1,000,000.

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In computing everything is relative to bytes (each 8 bits), and thus powers of 2 (due to binary), so:

1 megabyte = 1024 kilobytes = 1024 * 1024 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes.

This is the value of one megabyte, so if we multiply it by 3, we get 3,145,728 bytes.

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