Question

And episode of the television show is 60 minutes from when I originally air on activity without commercials the episode is only 41 1/2 minutes out how many 1/2 minutes commercials did the episode include when it originally aired? Write and solve an equation

to justify your answer

Answer 1

Subtract 41 1/2 minutes from 60 minutes, and then divide the result by 1/2 minute.


60 => 59 2/2
- 41 1/2 => -41 12
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18 1/2 minutes worth of commercials.

Divide 18 1/2 by 1/2;

37
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37 2
-------- = ------ * ----- = 37 There were 37-1/2-minute commercials. ;(
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