Your Smartphone Has an 8 Megapixel Camera $\text { ( } 2 ^ { 23 } \text { pixels) }$

Essay

Your smartphone has an 8 Megapixel camera $\text { ( } 2 ^ { 23 } \text { pixels) }$ with each pixel containing red, green,and blue sensors.If each sensor produces 256 levels of intensity, how many bits are required to encode an image? $\text { (Express answer as } n . n \times 10 ^ { \gamma } \text { ) }$