Question

Tony is creating a model showing how Earth rotates over the course of one day. He uses a globe to represent Earth. Tony knows that Earth spins on its axis, completing one rotation every 24 hours. He slowly spins the globe counterclockwise, completing one rotation in about 6 seconds. In Tony's model, 1 second of rotation represents about how many hours?

1) 4 hours
2) 6 hours
3) 12 hours
4) 24 hours

Answer 1

Answer: In Tony's model, 1 second of rotation represents about 4 hours. So the correct answer is 1) 4 hours. The correct option is a.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Tony's model, if he spins the globe counterclockwise to represent one rotation of Earth in about 6 seconds, we need to determine how many hours this represents.

To do this, we can set up a proportion:

6 seconds / 24 hours = 1 second / x hours

To solve for x, we can cross multiply:

6 seconds * x hours = 24 hours * 1 second

Dividing both sides by 6 seconds, we find:

x hours = 24 hours * 1 second / 6 seconds

Simplifying the equation:

x hours = 4 hours