Question

1. The earth makes a full rotation in 24 hours. Jupiter takes approximately 58 days, 15 h, and 30 min to complete a full rotation. How many hours does it take Jupiter to complete a full rotation? Show your work using the correct conversion factors

Answer 1

As there are 24 hours in a day the required time is:-

58 * 24 + 15 + 0.5

= 1407.4 hours (answer).

Answer 2

1 day = 24 hours
58 days = 24 x 58
= 1392 hours
30 min = 0.5 hour
1392+15+0.5= 1407.5 hours