Hard Evaluate Back-of-Envelope Estimation Multiple Choice
YouTube uploads 500 hours of video per minute. Roughly how many CPU cores are needed for transcoding (5 quality levels, 3× real-time encode)?
Evaluate — Tests ability to make judgments and justify decisions.
Answer Options
A 4,500
B 45,000
C 450,000
D 4,500,000
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