Homework Help: physics

Posted by turk on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 11:29am.

Because Earth's rotation is gradually slowing, the length of each day increases: The day at the end of 1.0 century is 1.0 ms longer than the day at the start of the century. In 58 centuries, what is the total (in hours) of the daily increases in time (that is, the sum of the gain on the first day, the gain on the second day, etc.)?

No one has answered this question yet.

Answer this Question

Related Questions

Physics - Because Earth's rotation is gradually slowing, the length of each ...
physics - Suppose partial melting of the polar ice caps increases the moment of ...
Physics Urgent!! - A day on Mars is 24.6 Earth hours long. A year on Mars is 687...
Science - A day on Pluto lasts 6.39 times longer than a day in earth.If an Earth...
Science - Here's my question--- Precession of earth's axis causes- a-...
physics - The Earth rotates on its own axis once per day (24.0h). What is the ...
physics - The polar ice caps contain about 2.76E+19 kg of ice. This mass ...
Physics - The Earth's rate of rotation is constantly decreasing, causing the...
physics - The rate of rotation of most pulsars gradually decreases because ...
arithmetic - Word Problem: A hospital needs to figure the annual budget for an ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: