Given data:
The miutes in an hour is 1 hour =60 min.
The expression for the given statement is,
1 hour =60 minutes
Multiply the above expression by 5/12 on both sides.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{12}(1\text{ hour)=}\frac{5}{12}(60\text{ min)} \\ \frac{5}{12}\text{ hour =25 min} \end{gathered}[/tex]Thus, 5/12 hours can be represented as 25 minutes.