Question #e1b17
2 Answers
Aug 22, 2017
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
Let's call the number of hours we are looking for:
And, let's call the number of mins:
Because there are 60 minutes in an hour we can write the equation for
So, if you had
Aug 22, 2017
m/60 hours in m minutes
Explanation:
We know there are 60 min in 1 hour ... 60 min= 1 hr
So there are 60h min in h hours .... 60h min = h hours
So there are 60h minutes in h hours.
Now, to reverse this to get hours in m minutes
Start again with
60 min = 1 hr
60m min = m hr
m min = m/60 hr
So there are m/60 hours in m minutes
Check
If m=60 minutes
60 min = 60/60 hr = 1 hr
Checks ok