Question

Determine (a) how many seconds there are in 1.00 year? (b) Using your answer from part (a), how many years are there in 1.00 second? ​

Answer 1

a) 31557600 seconds b) 3.168x10⁻⁸ years

Step-by-step explanation:

1 hour is equivalent to 3600 seconds, that multiplied by 24 hours (1 day) gives 86.400 seconds

a) how many seconds there are in 1.00 year?

`(86400 s)/(1 day) x 365,25 days` ⇒ 31557600 s

So in 1 year there are a total of 31557600 seconds.

b) how many years are there in 1.00 second?

Using the quantity from part a) it is get:

`1 s x (1 year)/(31557600 s)` ⇒ 3.168x10⁻⁸ years

So in 1 second there are a total of 3.168x10⁻⁸ years.