Another math problem - Math peeps - help!

[SeaRain]

OK. New subject. Students are medical transcriptionists. They can get a job where they get paid by the hour. If they work from home they may get paid by the line. So this is the math problem:

"wondering what the formula is to figure out how many words per minute needed to be typed to figure out a rough hourly wage? Kind of like I can type around 50 words per minute factoring in research time and proofing; if I get paid $0.08 for a 65 character line how much would that be per hour? How many lines would I need to type to make $10 per hour?

Thanks. That would be great information to pass on to my students, especially the one that asked the question!

SeaRain

[Jermann]

As far as I can figure you'd have to type 125 lines per hour to make $10. and hour

[SeaRain]

How did you figure this out? Do you have a formula?

Thanks.

SeaRain

[Carol T]

You divide $10 per hour by $0.08 per line, which comes out to 125 lines per hour. The words per minute thing is trickier, because you have to know what the average number of characters per word is. What you'd have to do is give yourself a typing test but instead of words per minute, figure out how many characters per minute.

[SeaRain]

Thank you. Food for thought.

[RUSSELL ALBRIGHT]

how many words in a line ?