Answer:
.data
hours: .word 0
minutes: .word 0
seconds: .word 0
.text
.globl main
main:
 # Prompt the user to enter the number of hours
 li $v0, 4
 la $a0, hours_prompt
 syscall
 # Read the number of hours
 li $v0, 5
 syscall
 sw $v0, hours
 # Prompt the user to enter the number of minutes
 li $v0, 4
 la $a0, minutes_prompt
 syscall
 # Read the number of minutes
 li $v0, 5
 syscall
 sw $v0, minutes
 # Prompt the user to enter the number of seconds
 li $v0, 4
 la $a0, seconds_prompt
 syscall
 # Read the number of seconds
 li $v0, 5
 syscall
 sw $v0, seconds
 # Calculate the total time in seconds
 lw $t0, hours
 lw $t1, minutes
 lw $t2, seconds
 li $t3, 3600 # number of seconds in an hour
 mul $t0, $t0, $t3
 li $t3, 60 # number of seconds in a minute
 mul $t1, $t1, $t3
 add $t0, $t0, $t1
 add $t0, $t0, $t2
 # Print the result
 li $v0, 4
 la $a0, result
 syscall
 li $v0, 1
 move $a0, $t0
 syscall
 # Exit the program
 li $v0, 10
 syscall
hours_prompt: .asciiz "Enter the number of hours: "
minutes_prompt: .asciiz "Enter the number of minutes: "
seconds_prompt: .asciiz "Enter the number of seconds: "
result: .asciiz "The total time in seconds is: "
Step-by-step explanation:
- The program starts by defining three variables hours, minutes, and seconds to store the input from the user.
- The program then prompts the user to enter the number of hours, minutes, and seconds using the syscall instruction with $v0 set to 4 to print a message.
- The program reads the input using the syscall instruction with $v0 set to 5 to read an integer.
- The program calculates the total time in seconds by multiplying the number of hours by the number of seconds in an hour (3600) and the number of minutes by the number of seconds in a minute (60). The result is stored in the register $t0.
- The program then prints the result by first printing a message and then the total time in seconds using the syscall instruction with $v0 set to 4 to print a message and $v0 set to 1 to print an integer.
- Finally, the program exits using the syscall instruction with $v0 set to 10.