Question

A television network is tracking the viewing numbers for the beginning episodes of a new show. The second episode had 80% of the viewers from the first episode. and the third episode had a 20% increase in viewers from the second episode.

Answer 1

The number of viewers in the third episode was 2.16 times that of the second episode.

Equation

An equation is an expression used to show the relationship between two or more variables and numbers.

Let x represent the number of viewers in the first episode.

The second episode = x + 80% of x = x + 0.8x = 1.8x

For the third episode = 1.8x + 20% of 1.8x = 1.8x + 0.36x = 2.16x

The number of viewers in the third episode was 2.16 times that of the second episode.

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