## anonymous one year ago Question, I did a problem and got .02 hrs. I'm confused about how to convert it to minutes. Can someone help?

1. calculusxy

You might want to convert it with a proportion: $\frac{ hour }{ minutes } = \frac{ hour }{ minutes }$ Replace them now: $\frac{ 1 hour }{ 60 minutes } = \frac{ 0.2 hour }{ x }$

2. calculusxy

Solve for x now.

3. anonymous

One minute and twenty seconds?

4. anonymous

yeah, I got the 1.2, so I assume the .2 would be the units of seconds which would make it twenty seconds

5. calculusxy

Wait isn't it: 60 x 0.2 = 12 ?

6. calculusxy

You got that now?

7. anonymous

Ooh, you're right. Good catch. So it would be 1 minute 12 seconds. Thanks so much! You've been a great help.

8. calculusxy

No. Just 12 minutes.

9. calculusxy

There isn't any decimals, so just keep it simple with that.

10. calculusxy

Understand?

11. anonymous

The original was .02 not .2. 60 * .02 = 1.2. The 1 would be a minute. Then 60 * .2 (the .2 at the end of the 1.2) would be 12 seconds. Wouldn't that be right?

12. calculusxy

Yeah, sorry I was mixed up, you're right!

13. anonymous

haha no worries! Thanks for your help!