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Jane watched one television program for 1/4 of an hour and then changed channels to watch another program for 20 min. Write an equation to describe the fraction of an hour that Jane watched television

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Jane's TV watching = [tex] \frac{1}{4}hours + 20mins [/tex]
=[tex] \frac{1}{4}hours + (20mins)( \frac{1hour}{60mins}) [/tex]
=[tex] \frac{1}{4}hours + \frac{1}{3}hours [/tex]
=[tex] \frac{3}{12}hours + \frac{4}{12}hours [/tex]
=[tex] \frac{7}{12}hours [/tex]