If a person has a speed of 30 WPM, then how many pages can he type in an hour?

If a person has a speed of 30 WPM, then how many pages can he type in an hour?

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  1. Find the average number of words per page.
    Multiple 30 * 60 = 1800 = words per hour.
    Divide the words per page by 1800.
    The answer is pages per hour.

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  2. The number of words on a given page will depend upon many things. For example the size and type of font you’re using, the margins, if you have comments, footers, headers, line spacing, indentions, fonts with italics and/or bold. All of these things affect the number of words on a page thus the number of pages you can type in a hour.
    Example: If you are using all capital letters using a bolded 25 pt serif font indenting the first line .5″ and double spacing, you’ll type quite a few pages in one hour…
    …as opposed to using a size 8 sans serif font, all small letters, no bolding, single spaced, no indenting with 1″ margins, you will type less pages in one hour.
    There can be multiple answers to this question.

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  3. “How many words are there to a page? It depends on the font you are using, of course, but in general, 250-300 words per page. Therefore, a 55,000 word book should be about 200 manuscript pages. A 100,000 word book would be about 400. Editors like 12 point font.”
    Frequently Asked Questions – Getting Published – Meg Cabot
    So, how many pages can your typist complete in an hour?
    30 WPM = 1,800 words in an hour and 250 or 300 words per page would work out to 6 or 7 pages.
    However, I should think it all depends on how many coffee breaks, and the length of those breaks the typist takes.

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  4. The average page has 3000 characters. In the realm of typing, a “word” is 5 characters. This amounts to 500 words per page. If the person were to type constantly at their top speed, they could type 3.6 pages in an hour. Most people can’t type at their top speed for an hour, though.

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