Question

During a week in September 2009, the Nielsen ratings for Family Guy were 7.5/12 which means 7.5 out of 12 houses were watching the show. How many of the 118,500,000 households in the US were watching the show?

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Answer 1

74,062,500 households

Explanation:

if 7.5 of 12 houses on average watch family guy, it gives a stated fact that on average, 62.5% of all households watch this show.

Thus, given the magnitude of 118 500 000 households, in order to calculate how many watch family guy, we use the percentage rate.

So

62.5/100 × 118 500 000

=74 062 500