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

Answer:

a) 31557600 seconds b) 3.168x10⁻⁸ years

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?

$\frac{86400 s}{1 day} x 365,25 days$  ⇒  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:

$1 s x \frac{1 year}{31557600 s}$ ⇒ 3.168x10⁻⁸ years

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