Question

What part of an hour passes from 1:35 pm to 2:15 pm? Solve

Answer 1

Solution:

Given:

$\text{From 1:35pm to 2:15pm}$

The difference between both times is;

$2\colon15-1\colon35=40\text{minutes}$

Hence, as a part of an hour, we convert the minutes to hour as a fraction.

$\begin{gathered} 60\text{minutes}=1\text{hour} \\ \text{Hence,} \\ 40\text{minutes}=\frac{40}{60} \\ =\frac{2}{3}hr \end{gathered}$

Therefore,

$\frac{2}{3}\text{ of an hour passes from 1:35pm to 2:15pm}$