Digital Technology - CDs and Storage Space

[Peter G.]

Hi,

My teacher gave me the following information and asked me to prove that 1 minute of music requires 10 MB of storage space in a CD.

Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz
Bit Depth: 16 bits
No. Channels: 2

I am a bit confused. If the bit depth is 16, that means I have 4 bits. But I only get the correct answer when I use 16 bits. Should instead of Bit depth it say number of bits?

Thanks,
Peter G.

 

[Borek]

In digital audio, bit depth describes the number of bits of information recorded for each sample.

Wikipedia, therefore unreliable.

 

[Antiphon]

Bit depth means number of bits.