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How many years are there in 1.4 billion seconds?

Answer 1

Aurora Arias

1 day contains 86400 seconds and 1 year includes 365 days.

In one year, there are #365times86400# seconds. It means, one year includes #31,536,000# seconds.

Divide time (1.4 billion) by this number to get how many years:

#=(1,400,000,000)/(31,536,000)#

#=(1,400,000)/(31,536) = 44.394# #"years"#.

It is approximately 44.4 years.

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Answer 2

Nova Allen

To convert seconds to years, you divide the number of seconds by the number of seconds in a year. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. Additionally, there are 365.25 days on average in a year, accounting for leap years. Therefore, to find the number of years in 1.4 billion seconds, you divide 1.4 billion by the number of seconds in a year. This calculation yields approximately 44.34 years.

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