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Write the following comparison as a ratio reduced to lowest terms.

85 minutes to 8 hours

Write the following comparison as a ratio reduced to lowest terms. 85 minutes to 8 hours-example-1

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Let us first convert 8 hours to minutes.

1 hour has 60 minutes,

thus, 8 h = 8 x 60 = 480 minutes.

Thus, ratio = 85 : 480

= 3 : 56 (simplest ratio)
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