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Saurabh takes 15 minutes to reach school from his house and Sachin takes one hour to reach school form his house. Find the ratio of the time taken by Saurabh to the time taken by Sachin.

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In order to compare the time taken by Saurabh to time taken by Sachin to reach school from their respective houses. We will first convert the time taken to same unit. We have, Time taken by Saurabh = 15 mins. Time taken by Sachin\[=1\text{ }hrs.=1\times 60\text{ }min\].        \[=60\text{ }mins\] \[\therefore \] Time taken by Saurabh to the time taken by Sachin \[=15\text{ }mins.:60\text{ }mins\]. \[=15:60=1:4\]