Question

In a recent year, U.S. advertisers spent $60 billion on television advertising. This number made up 40 percent of total advertising. What was the dollar amount spent by U.S. advertisers on all other forms of advertising?

Answer 1

The amount spent on all other types of advertising is $90 billion

Explanation:

In this question, we are asked to calculate the amount spent on all other forms of advertising given the amount spent on tv advertising and the percentage of the total that it represents.

Firstly, we need to calculate the total amount spent on advertising.

we do not know this amount, so we can call it x.

Now, mathematically;

40% of x = $60 billion

40/100 * x = 60 billion

40x = 100 * 60 billion

x = (100 * 60)/40 = 6000/40 = 150 billion

The amount spent on all other advertising = Total amount spent on advertising- amount spent on television advertising = 150 billion - 60 billion = 90 billion