document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=65012>Question 65012</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Any help solving this would be GREAT!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bob is laying out the pages of a book. Each page (8 inch wide by 10 inch tall) will have 1.25 inch margins on top, 1.5 inch margins on the bottom, and 1 inch margins on either side.  If each character is 0.12 inches wide and 0.25 inches tall, how many characters can fit on a page?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Figure out the usable dimensions of the page:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width: 8\"-2\"=6\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Height:10\"-1.25\"-1.5\"=7.25\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide each of these by the corresponding dimension of each character:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width: 6/0.12 = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Height: 7.25/0.25=29<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maximum number of characters on the page = 50*29=1450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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