Question

The earth travels one full rotation around the sun in approximately 365.25 days.

How many minutes does it take for the earth to travel one full rotation around the sun?

Show your work. Make sure to include units in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: 525960 minutes

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Work Shown:

1 full rotation = 1 year

1 year = 365.25 days (approximate)

1 day = 24 hours

1 hour = 60 minutes

Converting from 1 year to minutes gives

`1 \text{ year} = \left(1 \text{ year}\right)*\left(\frac{365.25 \text{ days}}{1 \text{ year}}\right)*\left(\frac{24 \text{ hrs}}{1 \text{ day}}\right)*\left(\frac{60 \text{ min}}{1 \text{ hr}}\right)\\\\1 \text{ year} = \left(1*365.25*24*60\right)\text{ min}\\\\1 \text{ year} = 525,960 \text{ min}\\\\`

So basically we just multiply out 365.25, 24, and 60 to get the answer.