Use scientific notation to calculate the exact number of hours in one year

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asked Sep 18, 2019 181k views

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Vivek Pawar · Answer 1 · 2019-09-22T12:25:23+0000

Take a 365 day year. 365 = 3.65 * 10^2 days.

There are 24 hours in a day:- 24 = 2.4 * 10^1

So the number of hours in 1 year = 3.65 * 10^2 * 2.4 * 10^1

= 8.76 * 10^3 hours (answer).

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