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uranus orbits the sun in about 30,697 Earth days. There are 24 Earth hours in a day. How many Earth hours does it take Uranus to orbit the sun.

User Gamal A
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Answer:
736,728 Earth hours.


Explanation:

1. You have the following information given in the problem above:

- Uranus orbits the Sun in about 30,697 Earth days.

- A Earth day has 24 hours.

2. Therefore, to solve this problem you must muliply 30,697 Earth days by 24 Earth hours.

3. Let's call the number of hours that takes Uranus to orbit the Sun
x. Then:


x=24*30,697\\x=736,728

4. Therefore, the answer is
736,728 Earth hours.


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