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How do you convert hours to days, minutes, and seconds?

Convert π hours into a) days, b) minutes, and c) seconds.

Summary

  1. In this problem we want to convert one time unit to another
  2. π- pi, a famous constant that is close to 3.14
  3. There are 0.131 days in π hours
  4. There are 188 minutes in π hours
  5. There are 11,300 seconds in π hours

Notes

    1. First we are going to convert hours to days by applying some appropriate unit conversion factors
    1. The digits of π go on forever, and there is no pattern to them!
    2. Instead of memorizing lots of digits of π, just remember and use 3.14
    1. hrs- hours
    2. Here was start with hours
    3. We multiply by a fraction that cancels out hours in the denominator and gives us days on top
    4. To finish the fraction we have to remember that there are 24 hours in each day
    1. After we multiply out our conversion factors, we find that π hours is equal to 0.131 days
    1. Next let's convert hours into minutes
    1. hrs- hours
    2. min- minutes
    3. We multiply by a fraction that cancels out hours in the denominator and gives us minutes on top
    4. To finish the fraction we have to remember that there are 60 minutes in each hour
    1. After we multiply out our conversion factors, we find that π hours is equal to 188 minutes
    1. Next let's convert hours into seconds
    1. hrs- hours
    2. min- minutes
    3. sec- seconds
    4. To put numbers in the fractions, remember that there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, and 60 seconds in 1 minute
    1. After we multiply out our conversion factors, we find that π hours is equal to 11,300 seconds