Question

Consider the following information.

1 hour = 3.6 · 103 seconds
1 day = 24 hours
1 year = 3.65 · 102 days

Use scientific notation to calculate the number of seconds in 3 days.

Answer 1

Corrected answer is 8.64 x 10^4 seconds in one day

Explanation:

Answer 2

2.592×10^5 seconds

Explanation:

`3\,days\cdot(24\,h)/(1\,day)\cdot(3.6\cdot 10^3\,s)/(1\,h)=3\cdot 24\cdot 3.6\cdot 10^3\,s=2.592\cdot 10^5\,s`