Question

A television program lasts 120 minutes of that time 36 minutes are taken up by commercials what is the actual program without the commercials

Answer 1

The answer is 84 minutes.

To calculate the original length of a 120 minutes television program which has a commercial break of 36 minutes, it is necessary to subtract or take away the duration of the commercials - which is 36 minutes.

Thus, 120 (total length of the TV show) minus 36 (total length of the commercials) equals 84.

120 - 36 = 84