Homework Help: math

Posted by matt on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 6:52pm.

Scientists have calculated that the Moon's revolution around Earth is increasing by about .015 s per century. At this rate, how long would it take the length of a month to increase by one full day?

math - bobpursley, Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 7:05pm
Well, you want it to increase 24 hrs, or converting that to seconds..

time= 24hrs*60min/hr*60sec/min

number of centuries= timeabove/.015

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