Question

An office opens at 9am and closes at 5.30pm with a lunch break of 30minutes. What is the ratio of lunch break to the total period in the office?​

Answer 1

Yes this answer that was put it’s correct

Answer 2

1:17

Explanation:

Find out how long it it between 5.30pm and 9am. This is 8 hours 30 minutes or 510 minutes.

Now, arrange them in the ratio of Lunch Break to Total office time

30:510. This can be simplified to 1:17

Please check if the question is worded correctly, just in case. Because ratio questions are usually based on a part and the remaining parts of the same thing, and not part to whole.

Anyway. The answer given if for the question you have typed.

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