Question

A local television station sells time slots for programs in 30-minute intervals. If the station operates 24 hours per day, every day of the week, what is the total number of 30-minute time slots the station can sell for Tuesday and Wednesday?
A) 96
B) 24
C) 48
D) 12

Answer 1

Hint:
To solve this problem, firstly we have to read the problem carefully and collect the given information. Here we are finding the number of slots available in one day and then calculating the total slots available on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Complete step by step solution:
A local television station sells time slots for programs in 30-minute intervals.
The station operates 24 hours per day, every day of the week.
We have to find a total number of 30-minute time slots the station can sell for Tuesday and Wednesday.
We already know that 30 minutes = $\dfrac{1}{2}$ hour.
As we know that the total number of hours in a day= 24.
The number of 30-minute slots available in a day = $\dfrac{{24}}{{\dfrac{1}{2}}} = 24 \times 2 = 48$
We have to calculate the time slots for Tuesday and Wednesday.
For Tuesday available 30-minute intervals time slots are 48
Similarly, for Wednesday available 30-minute intervals time slots are 48
Total Number of Slots = Number of slots on Tuesday + Number of slots on Wednesday = 48 +48 = 96
Therefore, the total number of 30-minute time slots the station can sell for Tuesday and Wednesday is 96.

So, option (A) is the correct answer.

Note:
We Know that in a day there are 24 hours. So, by assuming 30-minutes intervals time slots, we will be calculating the number of time slots available in the day. It is a question of arithmetic calculations where we need to observe the condition given to us, i.e. the 30-minute time slots available and accordingly formulating an equation out of it.