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Parents Complain That Children Read Too Few Storybooks

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TABLE 12-11
Parents complain that children read too few storybooks and watch too much television nowadays. A survey of 1,000 children reveals the following information on average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks.
 Average time spent reading story books  Aver age time spent  watching TV  Less than 1 hour  Between 1 and 2 hours  More than 2 hours  Less than 2 hours 9085130 More than 2 hours 655328\begin{array}{l}\text { Average time spent reading story books }\\\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|}\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Aver age time spent } \\\text { watching TV }\end{array} & {\begin{array}{l}\text { Less than } \\1 \text { hour }\end{array}} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Between } \\1 \text { and 2 hours }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { More than } \\2 \text { hours }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Less than 2 hours } & 90 & 85 & 130 \\\hline \text { More than 2 hours } & 655 & 32 & 8 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}

-Referring to Table 12-12, how many children in the survey spend more than 6 hours watching TV and are more than 10 lbs. overweight?

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