Time Conversion
1. Problem: Convert 1 millennium to seconds.
Given: 1 millennium = 1000 years
Required: seconds
2. Formula: 1 year = 365 days (ignoring leap years for simplicity), 1 day = 24 hours, 1 hour = 3600 seconds
3. Calculation:
$$\text{Seconds} = 1000 \times 365 \times 24 \times 3600$$
4. Simplify:
$$= 1000 \times 365 \times 86400$$
$$= 31,536,000,000 \text{ seconds}$$
5. Explanation: We multiply the number of years by days per year, hours per day, and seconds per hour to get total seconds.
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1. Problem: Convert 1 century to seconds.
Given: 1 century = 100 years
Required: seconds
2. Using the same formula as above:
$$\text{Seconds} = 100 \times 365 \times 24 \times 3600$$
3. Simplify:
$$= 100 \times 365 \times 86400$$
$$= 3,153,600,000 \text{ seconds}$$
4. Explanation: Similar to the millennium conversion, multiply years by days, hours, and seconds.
These problems demonstrate how to convert large time units into seconds by breaking down the units step-by-step.