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What is the ratio of 40 minutes to 2 hours?

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Aug 10, 2018

$1 : 3$ $1:3$

Explanation:

$the quantities must have the same units of time$ $"the quantities must have the same units of time"$

$2 hours = 2 \times 60 minutes = 120 minutes$ $2" hours"=2xx60" minutes"=120" minutes"$

$ratio = 40 : 120 \leftarrow divide by 40$ $"ratio "=40:120larrcolor(blue)"divide by 40"$

$ratio = 1 : 3 \leftarrow in simplest form$ $color(white)("ratio ")=1:3larrcolor(red)"in simplest form"$

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