The sun converts matter to radiant energy at a rate of 1.4 x 10 to the 17th power kg per year, how much matter is converted into energy every second?
How many seconds are in a day?
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1 day in seconds
There are 31536000 seconds in a year or
86,400 a day
To find out how much matter is converted from mass to energy every second, we can divide the annual rate by the number of seconds in a year.
First, let's convert the annual rate to the amount of mass converted per second:
Annual rate = 1.4 x 10^17 kg/year
Number of seconds in a year:
There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. Since there are 365 days in a year, we can calculate the total number of seconds in a year as follows:
Seconds in a year = 60 seconds/minute * 60 minutes/hour * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year
Now, let's calculate the amount of matter converted into energy every second:
Matter converted per second = Annual rate / Seconds in a year
Matter converted per second = (1.4 x 10^17 kg/year) / (60s/min * 60min/hr * 24hr/day * 365day/yr)
Let's simplify this calculation:
Matter converted per second = 1.4 x 10^17 kg/year / 31,536,000 s/year
Now we can perform the division to get the answer:
Matter converted per second ≈ 4.43 x 10^9 kg/s
Therefore, approximately 4.43 x 10^9 kilograms of matter are converted into energy every second by the sun.