Determine the ratio and express the answer as a fraction in lowest terms: 5 hours to 250 minutes

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skullpatrol · Answer

Any ideas?

anonymous · Answer

no clue!

skullpatrol · Answer

Can you compare apples to oranges?

skullpatrol · Answer

One number, 5 is in hours; while the other number 250 is in minutes, right?

anonymous · Answer

yes

skullpatrol · Answer

Since you are asked in the question to "Determine the ratio" you should change one of them to match the others time unit, right?

skullpatrol · Answer

... because you are asked to "express the answer as a fraction in lowest terms:" where you will be cancelling common factors from the numerator and denominator and you can't cancel an apple with an orange :)

skullpatrol · Answer

Recall: 1 hour = 60 minutes

skullpatrol · Answer

This can be written as (1 hour/60 minutes) or (60 minutes/1 hours) both ratios equal 1, right?

skullpatrol · Answer

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