Question

Te'mya worked for 17 hrs 18 mins, What decimal hours were worked?

Options:
A) 17.18 hours
B) 17.30 hours
C) 17.35 hours
D) 17.50 hours

Answer 1

To convert 17 hours and 18 minutes to decimal hours, the 18 minutes is divided by 60 to get 0.3. Adding this to the 17 hours gives us 17.30 hours, therefore the correct answer is Option B) 17.30 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert 17 hours and 18 minutes to decimal hours, we need to express the minutes as a fraction of an hour. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, dividing the number of minutes by 60 will give us a fraction of the hour. In the case of 18 minutes: 18 minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour = 0.3 hours

Therefore, when we add this to the 17 full hours worked, we get:

17 hours + 0.3 hours = 17.30 hours

So the correct answer to how many decimal hours Te'mya worked is Option B) 17.30 hours.