To convert 42 minutes to hours, we have to calculate equivalent hours for 42 minutes.
To change 42 minutes into its equivalent number of hours, we need to calculate the total hours of the 42 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
⇒42 minutes = 1/60 hours X 42
⇒ 42 minutes = (42 / 60 ) hours
⇒ 42 x 1/60 hours = 0.7 hours [as 1 hour = 60 minutes]
Therefore the number of hours = 0.7
Hence, after converting 42 in hours as calculated above, we can conclude that
42 minutes ≈ 0.700 hour
Therefore the final result for the query 42 minutes to hours is equivalent to 0.700 hour. (approximately)