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How many seconds in day?

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Answer:

86400 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

Since 1 day equals 24 hours, and there are 60 minutes in 1 hour. Also, 60 seconds make a minute.

So, to find the number of seconds in a day, we need to find the number of minutes in a day since 1 day = 24 hours.

So, the number of minutes in a day = 1 day × 24 hours/day × 60 minutes/hour = 24 hours × 60 minutes/hour = 24 × 60 minutes = 1440 minutes.

So, we have that 1440 minutes = 1 day.

So, to find the number of seconds in 1 day, we find the number of seconds in 1440 minutes.

So, 1 day × 1440 minutes/day × 60 seconds/min = 1440 minutes/day × 60 seconds/minute = 1440 × 60 seconds = 86400 seconds.

So, there are 86400 seconds in 1 day.

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