Question

During a storm, an apartment building lost power for 2.6 hours. For how many seconds was the power out

Answer 1

To convert hours into seconds, you can use the following conversion factors:

1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds

First, convert 2.6 hours to minutes:

\[
2.6 \, \text{hours} \times 60 \, \text{minutes/hour} = 156 \, \text{minutes}
\]

Next, convert the minutes to seconds:

\[
156 \, \text{minutes} \times 60 \, \text{seconds/minute} = 9360 \, \text{seconds}
\]

So, the power was out for **9360 seconds**.