To find out how long Jose played in total, we need to multiply the duration of one game by the number of games he played.
The duration of one game is given as 3/8 hours.
To find the total duration, we multiply the duration of one game by the number of games:
Total duration = (3/8) hours/game * 12 games
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together:
Total duration = (3 * 12) / (8 * 1) hours
Simplifying the numerator:
Total duration = 36 / 8 hours
We can simplify this fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4:
Total duration = 9 / 2 hours
Therefore, Jose played for a total of 9/2 hours, or 4.5 hours.