Fun with Math

Here is an interesting tidbit – the AVERAGE TV commercial aired on a nationwide network costs $100,000.00 to air. Wow.

Now, think of all those commercials you see for prescription drugs.

How many 30 second drug commercials do we see during a ½ hour show? I guesstimate that it’s at least 2, but let’s just call it 1.

So – fun with Math:

1 prescription drug commercials every ½ hour

Times

18 hours a day of airtime (let’s be conservative)

Times

20 Nationwide Television Networks (Let’s ignore all of those unaffiliated local stations)

Times

365 days a year

This equals $ 13,140,000,000.00 a year paid for advertising prescription drugs on TV.

13 billion dollars – so now you know why that little pill costs you $6.00 a piece.

Isn’t Math Fun???



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