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Last year Shannon listened to a certain public radio station 10 hours per week and contributed 35USD to the station. Of the following, which is closest to Shannon's contribution per minute of listening time last year?

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$We convert Shannon’s weekly listening time from hours to minutes.$	$10 \times 60 = 600 minutes per week$	Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC4-A Click to view full details
$We calculate Shannon’s total listening time for the year by multiplying the weekly minutes by 52.$	$600 \times 52 = 600 \times 50 + 600 \times 2 = 30000 + 1200 = 31200 minutes per year$	Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC1-A Click to view full details
$We find Shannon’s contribution per minute by dividing her total contribution by her total listening minutes and simplifying.$	$\frac{35}{31200} = \frac{31}{31200} + \frac{4}{31200} \approx 0.001 + 0.0001 \approx 0.0011 USD per minute$	Theory & Tactics Method Card FDPR2-A Click to view full details Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC1-B Click to view full details
$We compare this value to the answer choices and select the closest.$	$Answer A$

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Last year Shannon listened to a certain public radio station 10 hours per week and contributed 35USD to the station. Of the following, which is closest to Shannon's contribution per minute of listening time last year?

Explanation	Calculations	Help
$We convert Shannon’s weekly listening time from hours to minutes.$	$10 \times 60 = 600 minutes per week$	Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC4-A Click to view full details
$We calculate Shannon’s total listening time for the year by multiplying the weekly minutes by 52.$	$600 \times 52 = 600 \times 50 + 600 \times 2 = 30000 + 1200 = 31200 minutes per year$	Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC1-A Click to view full details
$We find Shannon’s contribution per minute by dividing her total contribution by her total listening minutes and simplifying.$	$\frac{35}{31200} = \frac{31}{31200} + \frac{4}{31200} \approx 0.001 + 0.0001 \approx 0.0011 USD per minute$	Theory & Tactics Method Card FDPR2-A Click to view full details Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC1-B Click to view full details
$We compare this value to the answer choices and select the closest.$	$Answer A$

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A