Please help!

Elli · #1 $Old$ October 3rd, 2008, 07:42 AM

I'm not sure if my wording is correct, but the general idea is:

If 1 day equals a 1000 years, then how long (in days or months) would 2 seconds (2 seconds of a day) be?

Jhevon · #2 $Old$ October 3rd, 2008, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Elli $View Post$

I'm not sure if my wording is correct, but the general idea is:

If 1 day equals a 1000 years, then how long (in days or months) would 2 seconds (2 seconds of a day) be?

hint: how many seconds are there in a day?

just convert in the usual way:

$\frac {1000 \text{ years}}{1 \text{ day}} \times \frac {1 \text{day}}{ ?\text{ seconds}} = \cdots$

nikhil · #3 $Old$ October 3rd, 2008, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Elli $View Post$

I'm not sure if my wording is correct, but the general idea is:

If 1 day equals a 1000 years, then how long (in days or months) would 2 seconds (2 seconds of a day) be?

1 day=1000 years
24 hours=1000 years
24x60 minutes=1000 years
24x60x60 seconds=1000 years
1 second=1000/(24x60x60) years
therfor
2 second=(1000x2)/(24x60x60)
=.02315(approx) years
from my side converting the solution into days or month without any assumption is not possible as this is a hypothetical question.

Elli · #4 $Old$ October 3rd, 2008, 11:37 AM

Thanks!!!