# Thread: Can anyone help me with this?

1. ## Can anyone help me with this?

Apublishing project will require a calculation of the book's spine width. Theformula reads thusly: "Total page count divided by paper thickness."A more precise mathematical spine width formula is: "page count/2 x papergram weight x paper volume /1000 - rounded up to nearest whole number

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1. A publishing project will require a calculation of the book's spine width. The formula reads thusly: "Total page count divided by paper thickness." A more precise mathematical spine width formula is: "page count/2 x paper gram weight x paper volume /1000 - rounded up to nearest whole number."

So a 100-page book using paper which is 80 gsm with a volume of 1.8 would require a spine width of 8 mm. I am trying to figure out how this answer was achieved.

4. ## Re: Can anyone help me with this?

$\frac{100}{2}\times80\times\frac{1.8}{1000}=7.2$, and 7.2 rounded up is 8.

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Originally Posted by impressu2
So a 100-page book using paper which is 80 gsm with a volume of 1.8 would require a spine width of 8 mm. I am trying to figure out how this answer was achieved.
Just substitute the given quantities into the formula (assuming that the volume is given in the correct units):

$\frac{\mathrm{pages}}2\times\mathrm{grammage} \times\frac{\mathrm{volume}}{1000}$

$= \frac{100}2\cdot80\cdot\frac{1.8}{1000} = 7.2\ \mathrm{mm}$

If we're rounding to a whole number, we'll need a spine width of 8 mm (7 is closer, but it isn't wide enough).

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Thank you so much for your help with this.