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Question 155868: I have never been very good with word problems and I just can't get this one to make any sense in a problem.
For the typical "one hour" prime-time television slot, the number of minutes of commercials is 3/7 of the number of minutes of the actual program. Determine how many minutes of the program are shown in that one hour.
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, checkley77:
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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The "one-hour" will run for 60 minutes. This consists of "actual program" time plus "commercial" time.
The commercials will be 3/7 of the "one hour", so the commercials will take up 3/7(60) = 25.7 minutes, leaving (60-25.7 = 34.3) minutes for the actual program

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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3/7*60=180/7=25.7 minutes of commercials in 1 hour.
60-25.7=34.3 minutes of programming in 1 hour.