Given:
In a two hour TV broadcast , the commercials show 18% of the time.
The number of hours of broadcast is 2 hours.
Required:
We need to find the number of minutes of a commercial show for 2 hours broadcast.
Explanation:
Convert the hours into minutes.
Multiply 2 by 60 to convert hours to minutes.
[tex]2hours\text{ =2}\times60\text{ minutes =120 minutes.}[/tex]18 % of 120 minutes is the commercials.
[tex]\frac{18}{100}\times120=21.6minutes[/tex]21.6 minutes of commercials are shown during the 2 hours duration of the broadcast
Final answer:
21.6 minutes of commercials are shown during the 2 hours duration of the broadcast