Question

A radio station spends 1/40 of each 24 hours on public service announcements. How much time is spent on public service announcements each day?

Answer 1

Start by calling the time spend on announcements 'A'. We can then set up an equation to represent the problem:


`A=24hours * (1)/(40)`

and then solve by multiplication to get:

A=0.6hours

We could also convert this into minutes:


`A=0.6hours * (60mins)/(1hour) = 36mins`

Answer 2

Answer: They spent 0.6 hours =36 minutes on public service announcements each day.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of hours in a day = 24 hours

Fraction of hour a radio station spends on public service announcements =
`(1)/(40)`

So, Number of hours spent on public service announcements each day would be

`(1)/(40)* 24\\\\=(24)/(40)\\\\=0.6\ hours`

As we know that

1 hour = 60 minutes

0.6 hours = 0.6×60 = 36 minutes

Hence, they spent 0.6 hours = 36 minutes on public service announcements each day.