There are approximately 900,000 television households in the San Diego County market.During a Sunday afternoon in October,50 percent of the households had their television sets turned on and 200,000 were watching the San Diego Chargers versus Pittsburgh Steelers NFL football game on Channel 7.The approximate share of audience for the game would be:

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The share of audience for the game can be calculated by dividing the number of households watching the game by the total number of television households and then multiplying by 100 to get a percentage. 
So, (200,000/900,000) x 100 = 22.22%
Therefore, the approximate share of audience for the game is 22% which rounds to 44% (since 50% of households had their TV turned on, but not all of them were watching the game).

There Are Approximately 900,000 Television Households in the San Diego