A radio station spends 1/40 of each 24 hours on public service announcements. How much time is spent on public service announcements each day?

Start by calling the time spend on announcements 'A'. We can then set up an equation to represent the problem:

[tex]A=24hours \times \frac{1}{40}[/tex]

and then solve by multiplication to get:

A=0.6hours

We could also convert this into minutes:

[tex]A=0.6hours \times \frac{60mins}{1hour} = 36mins[/tex]

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windyyork windyyork · Answer 2 · 2019-09-18T06:57:39+02:00

Answer: They spent 0.6 hours =36 minutes on public service announcements each day.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of hours in a day = 24 hours

Fraction of hour a radio station spends on public service announcements = [tex]\dfrac{1}{40}[/tex]

So, Number of hours spent on public service announcements each day would be

[tex]\dfrac{1}{40}\times 24\\\\=\dfrac{24}{40}\\\\=0.6\ hours[/tex]

As we know that

1 hour = 60 minutes

0.6 hours = 0.6×60 = 36 minutes

Hence, they spent 0.6 hours = 36 minutes on public service announcements each day.