Unit analysis and conversion factors: number of seconds in one year unit conversion problem.
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Unit analysis and conversion factors: number of seconds in one year unit conversion problem.
We convert from years to seconds, assuming a year is exactly 365 days (even though 365.25 days is more accurate), so we'll convert 365 days to seconds.
We convert years to days, days to hours, hours to minutes and minutes to seconds, obtaining a value for the number of seconds in a year of more than 31 million seconds.
