How much memory would be required to store 200 pages of text

How much memory would be required to store 200 pages of text, each with 60 lines by 70 characters, when using a Unicode code page?

First, let’s find the number of characters in the text N:

N = 200 * 60 * 70 = 840,000 characters in the entire text.

In Unicode, 16 bits are used to store a character, then by the formula

V = N * i, where V is the information memory of the given text, N is the number of characters in the given text, i is the size of one character in the text in bits, we get:

V = 840,000 * 16 = 13,440,000 bits / 8 = 1,680,000 bytes / 1,024 = 1,640.625 KB.

Thus, the information volume of the text is V = 1640.624 KB.