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How many nanoseconds are there in 1.00 yr ?  (It needs to be shown using only 3 significant figures.  I came up with 1.89 x 10^9.   However it doesn't seem right.)..........Please disregard...I figured it out...I made a simple calculation error.  The answer is 3.16x10^16

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(1 year) x (365.24 day/year) x (86,400 sec/day) x (10⁹ nanosec/sec) =

(1 x 365.24 x 86,400 x10⁹) nanosec/year = 3.156 x10¹⁶ (rounded)

3.16 x 10¹⁶ (rounded more)

(Note: 1.89 x 10⁹ nanoseconds = 1.89 seconds. Not quite a year.)

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