The earth makes a full rotation in 24 hours. Jupiter takes approximately 58 days, 15 h, and 30 min to complete a full rotation. How many hours does it take Jupiter to complete a full rotation? Show your work using the correct conversion factors.
Convert 58 days, 15 h, and 30 min to hours.
Convert 58 days, 15 h, and 30 min to hours.
- Type 58 days into the search engine to get 1,392 hours.
- Add 15 hours to get 1,392 + 15 = 2,007 hours
- Now convert the 30 min to hours. Type 30 minutes into the search engine to get 0.5 hours
- Add up (1), (2), and (3) to get 1,392 + 15 + 0.5 = 2007.5 hours for a full rotation.