Question

Eric is doing a class project for his television broadcasting class in college during 35 minutes of television on one of the major network he reported 7.8 minutes of commercial if if he watches television for three hours and 50 minutes what would be a reasonable prediction of the number minute of Commercial that he what watch

Answer 1

Ration of minutes of television to commercial is 35:7.8
3 hours and 50 minutes is 230 minutes
230:X
35:7.8
Multiply both sides by 6.6
X=51.5 minutes
There is about 51.5 minutes of commercials