Question

How do you convert ten minutes into hours?

Answer 1

`1/6` hrs

Explanation:

To convert minutes into hours you divide by 60.
`10/60 = 1/6`

Answer 2

Therefore, `10` minutes `=` `1/6` `"hr"`.

Explanation:

First, we know that there are `60` minutes per hour.

We want to convert `10` minutes into `x` hours, so we set up an "dimensional analysis".

We first start off with what we have, `10` minutes. Then we multiply it by `"1 hr"` for `"60 min"` to convert it into hours:
`"10 min " xx ("1 hr")/("60 min")`

The `"min"`s cancel out since it is both multiplied and divided:
`"10" cancel(min) xx ("1 hr")/("60" cancel(min)) = 10/60` `"hr" = 1/6` `"hr"`

Therefore, `10` minutes `=` `1/6` `"hr"`.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

`0.1bar6` hours.

Explanation:

`(60 " min")/(1" hour") = (10 " min")/(x " hours")`

cross multiply:

`(x " hours")* (60 " min") = 1* (10 " min")`

divide both sides by `(60 " min")`

`(x " hours") = (10 " min")/(60 " min")`

minutes cancel:

`x = 10/60 = 1/6 = 0.1bar6` hours.