Real-Life Math
During college, you studied music and computers. When college ended,
you expected to go to work in the field of music, performing
and perhaps writing music.
What you didn't expect was that the
field would be so hard to break into. After searching for months, you were
convinced you would never find a job.
Fortunately for you, you had
the leading musical composition software and landed enough odd jobs copying
music to keep the rent paid. Just as you were about to give up and get a "real
job," a prospective client calls asking about your copying services. A client
for whom you do a lot of small jobs referred him to you.
This prospective
client has a large job that he wants done, on a short turnaround time. The
money that he is offering is enough to keep your rent paid for several months.
You agree to take the job, and then the work starts.
The copying goes
smoothly until the last few days. Then your computer crashes. As you pull
it back up, you see that a file needed to run your composition software is
destroyed. You're left with a dozen pages of copying that need to be
finished within 24 hours, and your software system will be no help at all.
In
order to finish the copying, you need to determine how to write the pages
that are left so that they flow smoothly and page turns happen at the right
time. That includes knowing how many notes you can put on a page.
If
you are using a normal size page with 1-inch margins on each side, then you
can put 4 measures per line. The paper is large enough for 5 lines. You need
to put 8 notes in half of the measures and 16 in the other half.
How
many notes will you need to put on a page?