To convert 157 minutes to hours, we have to calculate equivalent hours for 157 minutes.
To change 157 minutes into its equivalent number of hours, we need to calculate the total hours of the 157 minutes by performing division by the constant 60 minutes per hour.
To calculate the resultant hours we will use the following standard time formula.
60 minutes = 1 Hour
⇒1 minute = 1/60 hours
⇒157 minutes = 1/60 hours X 157
⇒ 157 minutes = (157 / 60 ) hours
⇒ 157 x 1/60 hours = 2.6166666666667 hours [as 1 hour = 60 minutes]
Therefore the number of hours = 2.6166666666667
Hence, after converting 157 in hours as calculated above, we can conclude that
157 minutes ≈ 2.617 hours
Therefore the final result for the query 157 minutes to hours is equivalent to 2.617 hours. (approximately)