Question

joaquin reached the end of the trail in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Write the amount of hours he spent on the trail as a mixed number and as an improper fraction.

Answer 1

There are 60 minutes in an hour so the mixed number can be represented as.

`2 (15)/(60)` hours

but can be simplified to

`2 (1)/(4)` hours

As an improper fraction, you multiply 2 by 60 and add that to the 15/60 giving you

`(135)/(60)` hours

Which can be reduced to

`(9)/(4)` hours