Super Bowl XLIV, which aired on February 7, 2010, included a record 47 minutes and 50 seconds of advertising in 104 commercial messages, the most of any Super Bowl. What was the average length, in seconds, of an ad shown during Super Bowl XLIV? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth

47 * 60 = 2820

2820 + 50 = 2870 total seconds

2870 / 103 = ?

To find the average length of an ad shown during Super Bowl XLIV, we need to divide the total time of advertising by the number of commercial messages.

First, let's convert the time of 47 minutes and 50 seconds into seconds. There are 60 seconds in a minute, so we have:

47 minutes * 60 seconds/minute = 2820 seconds

Adding the remaining 50 seconds, we have:

2820 seconds + 50 seconds = 2870 seconds

Now, we can calculate the average length of an ad by dividing the total time by the number of commercial messages.

2870 seconds ÷ 104 commercial messages ≈ 27.60 seconds

Therefore, the average length of an ad shown during Super Bowl XLIV was approximately 27.60 seconds.