Question

commercials take up about 36% of television broadcasting time how many hours of commercials would a person see after watching 12.5 hours of television

Answer 1

If commercials take up about 36% of television broadcasting time, you can calculate the number of hours of commercials one would see after watching 12.5 hours of television by using the following formula:

\[
\text{Hours of commercials} = \text{Total viewing time} \times \text{Percentage of commercials}
\]

Substituting the values:

\[
\text{Hours of commercials} = 12.5 \text{ hours} \times 0.36
\]

Calculating that:

\[
\text{Hours of commercials} = 12.5 \times 0.36 = 4.5 \text{ hours}
\]

So, after watching 12.5 hours of television, a person would see approximately 4.5 hours of commercials.