Question

In a two hour TV broadcast , the commercials show 18% of the time. How many minutes of commercials are shown during the 2 hour duration of the broadcast ? Round to the nearest 10th of a hundreth.

Answer 1

Given:

In a two hour TV broadcast , the commercials show 18% of the time.

The number of hours of broadcast is 2 hours.

Required:

We need to find the number of minutes of a commercial show for 2 hours broadcast.

Step-by-step explanation:

Convert the hours into minutes.

Multiply 2 by 60 to convert hours to minutes.

`2hours\text{ =2}*60\text{ minutes =120 minutes.}`

18 % of 120 minutes is the commercials.

`(18)/(100)*120=21.6minutes`

21.6 minutes of commercials are shown during the 2 hours duration of the broadcast

Final answer:

21.6 minutes of commercials are shown during the 2 hours duration of the broadcast