For every 15 minutes of a show, there are two minutes of commercials. At this rate, if Leila has seen 45 minutes of a show, how many minutes has she been watching TV altogether

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Answer:

  51 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

We have the ratio ...

  show minutes : commercial minutes = 15 : 2

Multiplying by 3 gives ...

  show minutes : commercial minutes = 45 : 6

The total of show minutes and commercial minutes is 45+6 = 51 minutes.

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