lareli16
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how many seconds are there in 2500 years? (assume 1 year=365 days) express your answer using three significant figures

Respuesta :

the answer is:
 7.889 x 10^10 seconds
the question gives us a conversion factor but we need more:

1 year= 365 days
1 day= 24 hours
1 hour= 60 min
1 min= 60 seconds

[tex]2500 years ( \frac{365 days}{1 year} ) ( \frac{24 hours}{1 day} ) ( \frac{60 minutes}{1 hour} ) ( \frac{60 seconds}{1 minute} )= 7.9x10^{10} seconds[/tex]