One year, Super Bowl commercial time sold for $4 million for 30 seconds of air time.
a) What was the price per second? Round to the nearest cent.
b) How much air time could you get that year for three million dollars? Assume that air time could be purchased in increments smaller than 30 seconds. Round to the nearest second.
I said a was $133,333.33 because I divided $4,000,000 by 30 and then I said b was 22.5 seconds because I divided $3,000,000 by $133,333.33
yeah rishi it is correct
b)
4 mill/30s = 3mill/xs
4 mill/ 3 mill = 30 s/x s
4/3 = 30/x
4x = 90
x = 90/4 = 22.5
Your calculation for part a) is incorrect. To find the price per second, you need to divide the total price for 30 seconds by 30.
a) To find the price per second, divide $4,000,000 by 30:
$4,000,000 / 30 = $133,333.33 (rounded to the nearest cent)
Therefore, the price per second is $133,333.33 (rounded to the nearest cent).
Your calculation for part b) is also incorrect. To find out how much air time you can get for three million dollars, you need to divide the total amount by the price per second.
b) To find how much air time you can get for $3,000,000, divide $3,000,000 by $133,333.33:
$3,000,000 / $133,333.33 = 22.50 seconds
Therefore, you can get approximately 22.50 seconds of air time for three million dollars (rounded to the nearest second). Note that air time can be purchased in smaller increments than 30 seconds, so it's possible to obtain fractional seconds.