2. The text of the Art of Computer Programming, a seminal publication by Donald Knuth, is approximately forty-four million words. In a sample of about 2,000 words, the average word length was6.1 characters.
(a) Approximately how many characters are there in the book series?
(Tip: allow one extra character per word for spaces and punctuation.)
(b) How long would it take to transmit the text over a T-1 line at 1.544Mbps?
(c) How long would it take to transmit the text over a fiber optic link at 2.488Gbps?
(d) Could the text fit on a 600 MB CD?