Multiple choice web-design

Higher-end (24-bit) monitors are capable of displaying how many colors?

  1. 17,000

  2. 170,000

  3. 17,000,000
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C Correct answer
Explanation

24-bit color depth uses 3 bytes per pixel (RGB, 8 bits each), allowing 2^24 = 16,777,216 possible colors. This is approximately 17 million colors (17,000,000). Higher-end monitors with 24-bit color can display this full range, known as TrueColor.

AI explanation

To answer this question, we need to understand the concept of color depth in monitors.

Color depth refers to the number of distinct colors that can be represented on a display. It is measured in bits, and each bit represents a binary value (0 or 1).

A 24-bit monitor is capable of displaying 24 bits per pixel. Since each bit can have two possible values (0 or 1), a 24-bit monitor can represent 2^24 different combinations of bits.

Therefore, a 24-bit monitor is capable of displaying 2^24 = 16,777,216 different colors.

The correct answer is C) 17,000,000. This option is correct because a higher-end 24-bit monitor is capable of displaying approximately 16.8 million colors.

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