To convert 17 minutes to hours, we have to calculate equivalent hours for 17 minutes.
To change 17 minutes into its equivalent number of hours, we need to calculate the total hours of the 17 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
⇒17 minutes = 1/60 hours X 17
⇒ 17 minutes = (17 / 60 ) hours
⇒ 17 x 1/60 hours = 0.28333333333333 hours [as 1 hour = 60 minutes]
Therefore the number of hours = 0.28333333333333
Hence, after converting 17 in hours as calculated above, we can conclude that
17 minutes ≈ 0.283 hour
Therefore the final result for the query 17 minutes to hours is equivalent to 0.283 hour. (approximately)