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Question
There are 864,00 seconds in a day. How many days long is a second? Express your answer in scientific notation.
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Solution
Total seconds in a day = 86400
So, a second is long as `1/86400 = 0.000011574`
Scientific notation of 0.000011574 = 1.1574 × 10–5 days
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