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Emily's watch loses 2 minutes each day. How many seconds per hour?

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Given:
2 minutes per day.

1 minute = 60 seconds
2 minutes = 120 seconds

1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds

2 minutes * 60seconds/minute = 120 seconds

In a day, there are 86,400 seconds

1 day * 24 hours/day * 60mins/hour * 60seconds/min = 86,400 seconds

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