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What is the ratio of 5 hours to 14 hours 10 minutes?

Answer 1

Gabriel Agustin

#6/17#

14 hours and 10 minutes is the same as #14 1/6# hours, which is the same as #(14xx6+1)6=85/6# hours.

This means the ratio is: #5/(85/6)#

#=5xx6/85#

#=cancel(5)^1xx6/(cancel(85)^17)#

#=6/17#

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Answer 2

Emery Allen

#("5 hours")/("14 hours 10 minutes") =6/17#

To compare these values directly they need to be in the same units of measurement of time.

Notice that 10 minutes will divide exactly into 1 hour (60 minutes). So I choose the unit of measurement to be 10 minutes.

1 hour is 60 minutes which is 6 lots of 10 minutes.

So I hour is the a count of 6 units

#color(brown)("Count of 10 minutes in 14 hours 10 minutes")# 14 hours to count of 10 minutes #-> 14xx6 = 84# Plus the 10 minutes from 14 hrs 10 min # " "color(white)(..)->ul(1)# #" " 85#

#color(brown)("Count of 10 minutes in 5 hours")# 5 hours to count of 10 minutes #" "-> 5xx6 = 30#

#color(brown)("Determine the ratio")#

#("5 hours")/("14 hours 10 minutes") =30/85#

Divide top and bottom by 5

#(30-:5)/(85-:5) = 6/17#

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Answer 3

Riley Anderson

The ratio of 5 hours to 14 hours 10 minutes is 5:14.

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