Colby is making a home video consisting of a 5-minute introduction followed by several short skits. Each skit is 7 minutes long. If Colby's video is 159 minutes long, how many skits are in his video?
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27
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Question

Colby is making a home video consisting of a 5-minute introduction followed by several short skits. Each skit is 7 minutes long. If Colby's video is 159 minutes long, how many skits are in his video?
23
27
110
22

anonymous · Answer

never mind
First, take the length of the video (159 min) and subtract the introduction time (5 min).

159 minutes - 5 minutes = 154 minutes

To find the number of skits in the video, divide the remaining time by the length of each skit (7 min).

154 minutes ÷ 7 minutes per skit = 22 skits