One minute is #1/60# of an hour. What part of an hour is 12 minutes?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-08T15:33:14

#12/60#

If one minute in an hour is represented as #1/60# then 12 minutes in an hour is #12/60#, since each minute will add towards #60/60#.

25 minutes would be #25/60# and so on.

Answer 2 · 2018-03-08T15:35:06

#1/5" hour "#

#"1 minute " to 1/60" hour"#

#"12 minutes "tocancel(12)^1xx1/cancel(60)^5=1/5" hour"#