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An episode of a television show is 60 minutes long when it originally airs with commercials. on a dva without commercials, the episode is only 41 1/2 minutes long. how many 1/2 minute commercials did the episode include when it originally aired? write and solve an equation to justify your answer

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60 - 41 1/2 = 18 1/2
(18 1/2) / (1/2) = 37
So there are 37 commercials.
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