Devon records 4 hours of reality shows on her DVR. She records comedy shows for 3/8 of that amount of time. Devon watches All the reality and comedy shows in half hours sittings find the number of hours of comedy shows that records
Find the total number of hours of reality and comedy shows that Devon records find the number of half hour sittings needed to watch all the shows
First, we need to find the number of hours of comedy shows that Devon records. We can do this by multiplying the total amount of time recorded by the fraction representing the portion of that time that is devoted to comedy shows: 4 hours * 3/8 = <<4*3/8=1.5>>1.5 hours
Next, we need to find the total number of hours of reality and comedy shows that Devon records. This is simply the sum of the amount of time recorded for each type of show: 4 hours + 1.5 hours = <<4+1.5=5.5>>5.5 hours
Finally, we need to find the number of half-hour sittings needed to watch all the shows. Since Devon watches the shows in half-hour sittings, we can divide the total number of hours by 0.5 hours to find the number of sittings: 5.5 hours / 0.5 hours/sitting = <<5.5/0.5=11>>11 sittings. Answer: \boxed{11}.