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Question 1137560: Hello,
I am trying to figure out how to solve a particular word problem. Thank you for you help.
1. A basketball player makes $86 million a year. What is his salary per minute? Show your work.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can do this yourself.

1 years is 365.25 days;
1 day is 24 hours;
1 hour is 60 minutes.

Use those!

Answer by ikleyn(52800) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

Let assume that a year is 12 months 30 days each month.


Then the number of minutes in the year = 12 * 30 * 24 * 60 = 518400.


Now to answer your question, divide $86 millions by 518400 minutes.

Happy calculations !