Question

A gry is an old English measure for length, defined as 1/10 of a line, where line is another old English measure for length, defined as 1/12 inch. A common measure for length in the publishing business is a point, defined as 1/72 inch. What is an area of 0.68 gry2 in points squared?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.2448 point²

Explanation:

1 gry = 1/10 line

1 line = 1/12 inch

=> 1 gry in inches = 1/10 * 1/12 = 1/120 inch

=> 1 inch = 120 gry

1 point = 1/72 inch

=> 1 inch = 72 points

Therefore,

120 gry = 72 points

=> 1 gry = 3/5 point

Therefore,

1 gry² = (3/5)² point²

1 gry² = 9/25 point²

This means that 0.68 gry² will be:

0.68 gry² = 0.68 * 9/25 point²

=> 0.68 gry² = 0.2448 point²