To convert 997 minutes to hours, we have to calculate equivalent hours for 997 minutes.
To change 997 minutes into its equivalent number of hours, we need to calculate the total hours of the 997 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
⇒997 minutes = 1/60 hours X 997
⇒ 997 minutes = (997 / 60 ) hours
⇒ 997 x 1/60 hours = 16.616666666667 hours [as 1 hour = 60 minutes]
Therefore the number of hours = 16.616666666667
Hence, after converting 997 in hours as calculated above, we can conclude that
997 minutes ≈ 16.617 hours
Therefore the final result for the query 997 minutes to hours is equivalent to 16.617 hours. (approximately)