Which is greater: inches in a mile or seconds in a day? show how you know.

To know which one is greater we will find the ratio of the two given quantities. The value of a sec in a day is greater than an inch in the mile.

We know that a mile is equal to 63360 inches, therefore, the ratio of the two,

We know that a day has 24 hours, each hour has 60 minutes, and each minute has 60 seconds, therefore,

As we can see in the two equations above there are more seconds in a day than an inch in a mile, therefore, inches in a mile is less than a second in a day.

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Assuming you don't know the exact numbers, we can sequentially figure out the number of inches in a mile and seconds in a day

Inches in a mile:

There are 5280 feet in a mile.

5280*12 = 63360 inches in a mile

Seconds in a day:

There are 24 hours in a day

There are 24*60 = 1440 minutes in a day

There are 1440*60 = 86400 seconds in a day

There are more seconds in a day than inches in a mile.