** Reply to note from "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:43:55 -0700
Does this mean that if I buy 8.5"x11" and 8.5"x14" paper of the same quality it'll have different weight labelling? 20 lb paper in letter size (quarto) would be equivalent to about 25.5 lb in legal size (foolscap). Surely that can't be right?! > No, Joe, it's 2000 sheets (4 reams) of 8.5"x 11" paper. > > Converting the 20 lb/2000 sheets to g/m^2: > > 20*454/(8.5*11*0.0254*0.0254*2000) = 75.26 (or, approximately 75) > > The numerator is 20 pounds expressed as grams. The denominator is the area > of 2000 letter-size sheets in square meters. > > To perform the calculation, just use the expression on the left of the > equals sign as a Google search argument. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -- Jon Saxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer of cross-platform software for UNIX, Windows and OS/2 U.S. agent for Triton Technologies International Ltd http://www.triton.vg/
