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n200080 [17]
3 years ago
9

Long ago, people decided to divide the day into units called hours. They chose 24 as the number of hours in one day. Why is 24 a

more convenient choice than 23 or 25?
Mathematics
1 answer:
jasenka [17]3 years ago
7 0
Because 24 is an even number. This means it has more factors and is easier to divide into integers than 23 or 25.
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