PERCENTAGES-1

What percentage of 1 hour is 3 minutes?

solution

1 hour = 60minutes

To get %'ge we take the fraction of 3min in 1 hour(60min) and multiply by 100.

= 3      x 100

  60

= 3 ¹     x 100

 60₂₀

= 1      x 100

 20

= 5%

Hence percentage of 1 hour is 3 minutes is 5 %

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