Answer: The number of seconds in a solar year is [tex]3.2\times 10^7s[/tex]
Explanation:
We are given some conversion factors:
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 solar day = 24 hours
1 solar year = 365.24 solar days
Calculating the number of seconds in 1 solar year by using the conversion factors, we get:
[tex]\Rightarrow (\frac{60s}{1min})\times (\frac{60min}{1hr})\times (\frac{24hr}{1\text{solar day}})\times (\frac{365.24\text{solar days}}{1\text{ solar year}})\\\\\Rightarrow (\frac{31556736s}{1\text{ solar year}})[/tex]
There are 31556736 seconds in 1 solar year.
Hence, the number of seconds in a solar year is [tex]3.2\times 10^7s[/tex]
