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Not good at math... - my2and2dontalwaysequal4


Posted: Aug 30, 2010

If you were to be paid 0.80 cents for every 1000 keystrokes, what would that be equivalent to? 

I am thinking you mean 0.08 cents, - see message

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0.80 (which is 80 cents). At 0.08 x 1000 keystrokes it would be 80.00. 0.80 would be 800.00.

0.052 cents per line - If my math is correct

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Someone please check my math, but I believe this is correct.


 


If you want to compare with cents per line.   


1000 keystrokes = 15.38 lines (65 keystrokes/characters per line)


 


0.80 divided by 15.38 lines = 0.052 cents per line


 


 

That is what I came up with-- - typetypetypeaway

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If the initial poster really means $.80 for every 1000 strokes, I came up with the same 0.052 cents a line using your calculation.

$800 so I'm thinking you have some wrong - numbers somewhere

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move the decimal point 3 places to the right.

I think maybe you meant 0.08 which would be $80.00 (still moving the decimal point 3 places to the right.

Nothing wrong with Original Posters numbers; you might want to read it again - per 1000 NOT per each

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Not meaning to be snarky, but you might want to reread the post.  


She said:  0.80 cents for every 1000 keystrokes


Keystrokes or characters NOT lines


That is 80 cents per 1000 characters NOT 80 cents for each character.  


If anyone paid 80 cents per character, we would all be banging on their door begging for work.   Heck, I would even beg for 8 cents per character.  LOL


 


 

my bad now I know why I do MT and - not math

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Please ignore the non-math doing MT behind the curtain! :)


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