Question

Use dimensional analysis to determine how many minutes there are in exactly one week.

a. 10,080 minutes
b. 7,200 minutes
c. 14,400 minutes
d. 5,040 minutes

Answer 1

To determine how many minutes there are in exactly one week, we can use dimensional analysis by converting days to minutes. The correct answer is 10,080 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many minutes there are in exactly one week, we can use dimensional analysis. We know that there are 60 minutes in one hour, and 24 hours in one day. So, the conversion factor from days to minutes is 60 minutes/hour x 24 hours/day = 1440 minutes/day. Lastly, we multiply by 7 days/week to get the total number of minutes in one week.

Conversion:

1 week = 7 days

1 day = 24 hours

1 hour = 60 minutes

Therefore, 1 week = 7 days x 24 hours/day x 60 minutes/hour = 10,080 minutes.