What is 20 minutes in decimal?

A decimal number can be defined as a number whose whole number part and the fractional part are separated by a decimal point. 

Answer: 20 minutes, in the decimal form, is expressed as 0.333 hours.

Let us see how to write 20 minutes in decimal form.

Explanation: 

To convert any fraction to decimal form, we just need to divide its numerator by the denominator. In this case, if we convert 20 minutes to hours we write it as 20/60 because 1 hour = 60 minutes.

So, 20/60 means we need to divide 20 by 60, which gives us 0.3333

This means 20 minutes can be written as 0.3333 hours in the decimal form.

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Thus, 20 minutes, in the decimal form, is expressed as 0.333 hours.