Question

1.The earth travels one full rotation around the sun in approximately 365.25 days. How many minutes does it take for the earth to travel one full rotation around the sun? Show your work. Make sure to include units in your answer.

Answer 1

The earth travels one full rotation around the sun in approximately 365.25 days. The minutes it takes for the earth to travel one full rotation around the sun can be calculated below

$\begin{gathered} let^{\prime}s\text{ convert days to minutes} \\ 1\text{ day = 1440 minutes} \end{gathered}$

Therefore,

$\begin{gathered} 1\text{ day = 1440 min} \\ 365.25\text{ days = ?} \\ \text{cross multiply} \\ \text{amount in minutes = 1440}\times365.25=\text{ }525960\text{ minutes} \end{gathered}$

It will take 525960 minutes for the earth to travel one full rotation around the sun.