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

Question

9360 seconds
6400 seconds
3744 seconds
156 seconds

Answer 1

To convert hours to seconds, we use the fact that 1 hour is equal to 3600 seconds.

First, calculate the total seconds in 2.6 hours:

\[ 2.6 , \text{hours} \times 3600 , \text{seconds/hour} = 9360 , \text{seconds} \]

Therefore, the power was out for 9360 seconds.