Question

To convert 1.3 hours to minutes, you would multiply by 1 h / 60 min. Is this true or false?

Answer 1

When we convert units, we have to use a conversion factor, which is a fraction of the relation between the magnitudes involved. In this case, if we want to convert 1.3 hours to minutes, we have to multiply by 60min / 1h because in the opposite case, we won't obtain the correct transformation. The expression below shows it.

`1.3hr\cdot(1hr)/(60\min)=0.02166\ldots(hr^2)/(\min )`

As you can observe, we are not able to convert the units following the given statement.

Therefore, the answer is false.