A text font fits 12 characters per inch. Using the same font, how many characters can be expected per yard of text? There are 12 inches in a foot, and 3 feet in a yard.
36 characters
144 characters
360 characters
432 characters
To find out how many characters can be expected per yard of text, we need to find out the number of characters per inch and then multiply it by the number of inches in a yard.
Since the text font fits 12 characters per inch, we can expect 12 characters for every inch of text.
There are 12 inches in a foot, so to find out the number of characters per foot of text, we multiply the number of characters per inch by 12: 12 characters/inch * 12 inches/foot = 144 characters/foot.
There are 3 feet in a yard, so to find out the number of characters per yard of text, we multiply the number of characters per foot by 3: 144 characters/foot * 3 feet/yard = 432 characters/yard.
Therefore, we can expect 432 characters per yard of text.