SOLUTION: we measure time based on the rotation of the earth as one rotation of the earth is equal to one day. the spin of the earth is slowing down, so the length of our day is gradually g

Question 908610: we measure time based on the rotation of the earth as one rotation of the earth is equal to one day. the spin of the earth is slowing down, so the length of our day is gradually getting longer. each century, the length of the day increases by .0015 of a second. if the length of the day in 1998 is equal to 23 hours and 56 minutes, how long will be a day in the year 16,001,998?
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we measure time based on the rotation of the earth as one rotation of the earth is equal to one day.
the spin of the earth is slowing down, so the length of our day is gradually getting longer. each century, the length of the day increases by .0015 of a second.
if the length of the day in 1998 is equal to 23 hours and 56 minutes, how long will be a day in the year 16,001,998?
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That is 16,000,000 years from now which is 160,000 centuries
.0015 * 160000 = 240 seconds, which is 4 minutes longer
:
The day will be equal to exactly 24 hrs
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