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Long ago, people decided to divide the day into units called hours. They chose 24 as the number of hours in one day. Why is 24 a more convenient choice 23 or 25?

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24 has more factors.

24- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24
23- 1, 23
25, 1, 5, 25

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