SOLUTION: A radio station plays 12 commercials per hour. Each commercial is one minute long. If you turn on the radio at a random time, find the probability that a commercial will be playing

Question 725394: A radio station plays 12 commercials per hour. Each commercial is one minute long. If you turn on the radio at a random time, find the probability that a commercial will be playing.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A radio station plays 12 commercials per hour. Each commercial is one minute long. If you turn on the radio at a random time, find the probability that a commercial will be playing.
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12 commercials = 12 minutes
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P(commercial) = 12/60 = 1/5 = 20%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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