QUESTION: A 30minute radio program, the entertainment portion lasts 2 minutes longer than 3 times the duration of the commercial portion. How much is devoted to commercials during the 30 minutes
Answer: 9 1/3 minutes First create an equation with the given information; with x being the commercial time, 30=3x+2, now solve for x. First subtract 2 from each side and get 28=3x and then divide each side by 3 to get 9 and 1/3 minutes.
