Question

A television time slot has 4 minutes of commercials for every 11 minutes of programming. This rate is constant. If there are 16 minutes of commercials,how long is the television program? 1 point

Answer 1

44 minutes

Explanation:

Make a proportion

There are 4 minutes of commercials for 11 minutes of programming, and 16 minutes of commercials for x minutes of programming

4/11=16/x

Cross multiply

4*x=11*16

4x=176

Divide both sides by 4

x=44

So, for 16 minutes of commercials, the program is 44 minutes long

Answer 2

44

Explanation:

4 minutes of commercials = 11 minutes of programming

If there are 16 minutes of commercials, divide that by four since that's the average per slot. 16/4 is 4, so 4 slots times 11 minutes of programming is 44. Hope that makes sense.