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In Mathematics / High School | 2014-11-28

For the Christmas dance, the dance committee needs three hours of music. Each song is an average of 3.5 minutes. How many songs do they need?

Asked by larissac

Answer (3)

an hour is 60 minutes
there are three hours so 60*3=180
how many times will 3.5 go into 180 so 180/3.5=51.43 or rounded up you get 52 songs (if they're good, they'll play 52 average songs and one half legnth songs) so they will need 52 songs

Answered by apologiabiology | 2024-06-10

For the Christmas dance , they will need 51 songs .
What is average?
A number that is calculated by adding quantities together and then **dividing the total **by the number of quantities.
Given that, For the Christmas dance, the **dance **committee needs three hours of music. Each **song **is an **average **of 3.5 minutes.
**Converting **3 hours into minutes,
1 hour = 60 minutes
3 hours = 60x3 = 180 minutes
Since, on **song **is of 3.5 minutes,
So, number of **songs **that will be played in 3 hours,
= 180/3.5
= 51.42
≈ 51
Hence, the party will have to play 51 songs .
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Answered by astha8579 | 2024-06-16

The dance committee needs approximately 52 songs for the Christmas dance, as 3 hours of music is equivalent to about 51.43 songs, which rounds to 52 when accounting for song length.
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Answered by astha8579 | 2024-12-16