A spot on Earth that is facing the moon takes 24 hours and 50 minutes to rotate to face the moon again. How many minutes does this rotation take?

Redirected from "Which following pairs of atoms, have a lower electron affinity? a) Ca,K b) I,F c) Li, Ra. I seriously don't know anything about electron affinity all ik that it can buy another element"
2 Answers
Aug 12, 2016

#=1490# minutes

Explanation:

#24times60+50# Pl.note that #1# Hour #=60# minutes
#=1490# minutes

Aug 12, 2016

1490 minutes

Explanation:

The conversion involves changing hours and minutes into just minutes.

There are 60 minutes in an hour.

#24 hours = 24 xx60 = 1440 min#

For 24 hours and 50 minutes

#= 1440+50 = 1490# minutes.