Question

Express 65 minutes as an improper fraction of an hour in simplest form(one hour is 60 minutes).

Is the answer
A. seven sixths
B. thirteen twelfths
C. one twentieth
or D. sixty five sixtieths

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Answer 1

hint:
we can write this:
\[\frac{{65}}{{60}} = \frac{{60 + 5}}{{60}} = \frac{{60}}{{60}} + \frac{5}{{60}} = 1 + \frac{5}{{60}}\]
please simplify the fraction \(5/60\) at the right side