Question

Write the ratio as a fraction in lowest terms 56 minutes to 4 hours

Answer 1

7/30

Explanation:

To write the ratio in its simplest form, we first convert hours to minutes

1 hr = 60 min

4 hrs = 240 min

Therefore,

`(56\min)/(4hr)=(56\min)/(240\min)`

Dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 8 gives

`(56\min)/(240\min)=(56\min /8)/(240\min /8)=(7)/(30)`

Hence, the simplest ratio is 7 / 30.