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| Question 65012:  Any help solving this would be GREAT!!
 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?
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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? --------------
 Figure out the usable dimensions of the page:
 Width: 8"-2"=6"
 Height:10"-1.25"-1.5"=7.25"
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 Divide each of these by the corresponding dimension of each character:
 Width: 6/0.12 = 50
 Height: 7.25/0.25=29
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 Maximum number of characters on the page = 50*29=1450
 Cheers,
 Stan H.
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