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Select a favorite half-hour TV show. Set your VCR to EP, then record only the program itself, editing out all the commercials and stopping the VCR as soon as the show ends. How much time is used for commercials? How many programs could you get on a 6-hour tape without commercials and credits?

 

 

Select two different channels. Time the news and the amount of time for commercials on each channel. How do the proportions of commercials and news differ?

What proportion of Saturday morning TV shows are cartoons?
   
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