SOLUTION: John spent 30 minutes developing an estimate for a job. The job itself took 2 hours, 45 minutes to complete. What is the ratio of the time spent on the job estimate to the total ti

Question 312225: John spent 30 minutes developing an estimate for a job. The job itself took 2 hours, 45 minutes to complete. What is the ratio of the time spent on the job estimate to the total time spent (including the time spent calculating the estimate) on this job? show as a ratio
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

60 minutes in each hour, so 2 hours 45 minutes is 165 minutes, and 3 hours 15 minutes is 195 minutes

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