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Help me urgently.It takes the earth 24 h to complete a full rotation, it take mercury approximately 58 days and 15 h to complete a full rotation. How manny hours does it take mercury to complete a full rotation? Show all work and use correct conversion factors.Part A. Identify what are you trying to find in the problem. Hint look for the question.Part B. Strategize what units do you need to convert ( convert from 58 and 24Part C. Set up your fractions using the conversion factors, (for credit) multiply to convert the units don’t forget to include units,Part D . Solve show your work convert the units and solve the problem Part E. Answer the question step by step include correct units.

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SOLUTION:

Case: Time Conversion

Method:

Part A. Identifying the problem

How many hours does it take mercury to complete a full rotation?

Part B. Unit

Converting from Days and Hours to Hours

Part C. Set up your fractions using the conversion factors

1 day is equivalent to 24 hours

Part D. Workings


\begin{gathered} 1day\equiv24hours \\ 58days\text{ }15hours=(58)/(1)*24+15 \\ =1392hours+15hours \\ =1407hours \end{gathered}

Part E. Final answer with correct units

It takes mercury 1407 hours to complete a full rotation

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