SOLUTION: Solve. Rudy must play 12 commercials during his 1-hr radio show. Each commercial is either 30 sec or 60 sec long. If the total commercial time during that hour is 10 min, how many

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Rudy must play 12 commercials during his 1-hr radio show. Each commercial is either 30 sec or 60 sec long. If the total commercial time during that hour is 10 min, how many commercials of each type does rudy play? This question is from textbook

Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
T=THIRTY SEC COMM.
S=SIXTY SEC COMM.
T+S=12 OR T=12-S
.5T+1S=10
.5(12-S)+S=10
6-.5S+S=10
.5S=10-6
.5S=4
S=4/.5
S=8 SIXTY SEC COMM ARE USED.
T=12-8
T=4 THIRTY SEC COMM ARE USED.
.5*4+1*8=10
2+8=10
10=10

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