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A person's heartbeat is 92 beats per minute. If his/her heart beats 3.1e9 times in a lifetime, how long (in whole years) does the person live? Disregard leap years.

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Heartbeat is 92 beats per minute. Total number of heartbeats is 3.1 x 10^9. (3.1 x10^9 beats)/(92 beats/minute)=33,695,652 minutes 24 hours/day x 60 minutes=1440 minutes/day 365 days/year x 1440 minutes/day= 525,600 minutes/year 33,695,652 minutes/ 525,600 minutes per year=64 years
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