During a 60 minute television program, 25% of the time is used for commercials and 5% of the time is used for the opening and closing credits. How many minutes remain for the program itself?

42 minutes

Explanation:

The total amount of anything expressed in percentage is 100%.

The reason for this is that per cent means per hundred.

So, 100% is

100

×

1

100

=

100

×

1

100

=

1

, which is a whole.

Moving to the question, a total of 25% + 5% = 30% of the time is used up by commercials and credits.

The time left for the program is 100% - 30% = 70%.

This is 70% of 60 minutes or

70

100

×

60

=

7

0

1

00

×

6

0

=

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