[ale] Qubit vs bit

[David Jackson]

I'm trying to understand how superposition alters representing state.

I was thinking we're talking it's 3**n  where n is the length of the word
length.
Where each bit is either "on" "off" or both "on and off" (superposition).
So unless I'm wrong, that would be a "trinary" language to represent state?

I've read many articles and watched many YouTubes, but I'm just trying to
understand the basic difference between a qubit and a bit in terms of
representing state.  I understand that the superposition allows for
simultaneous state representation, but doesn't that still limit you to a
"trinary" representation of state?  3**n  ??

Thanks in advance!

Dave
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