Question

During each minute of comedy show, Carlin laughs 5 times. Carlin watches 3 comedy shows every day, and each show is 40 minutes long. How many times does Carlin laugh every day due to the comedy shows?

Answer 1

during each minute, he laughs 5 times

he watches 3 comedy shows....each one being 40 minutes....so thats a total of : 3 * 40 = 120 minutes

and if he laughs 5 times per minute....120 * 5 = 600 laughs per day <==

Answer 2

During each minute of comedy show, Carlin laughs 5 times. Carlin watches 3 comedy shows every day, and each show is 40 minutes long. How many times does Carlin laugh every day due to the comedy shows?

Carlin laughs five times during each minute of each comedy show, that menas, carlin laughs 5 * 40 = 200 times in each comedy show.

In his daily routine, Carlin watches 3 comedy shows in one day. As each show generates 200 Carlin laughs, then when watching three comedy shows, Carlin generates 200 * 3 = 600 smiles.

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