Trent spent 50 minutes at the neighbor's house. He spent 40% of the time swimming. What fraction of an hour did Trent spend swimming?

Question

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Answer 1

Trent spent 50 minutes at the neighbor's house. He spent 40% of the time swimming. What fraction of an hour did Trent spend swimming?

Time spent at neighbour's = 50 mins.

40% = 40/100 = 4/10 = 2/5

2/5 of 50 mins is 20 mins.

i.e. Trent spent 20 mins swimming at the nice neighbour's house.

Since there are 60 mins in an hour, then Trebnt spent 1/3 hr swinning