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Puzzle ZLCF 



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Which is larger, the number of seconds in a day or...

...the number of hours in 10 years?

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Answer
Hours in 10 years.

Reasoning
In a day, there are 60 x 60 x 24 seconds = 86,400 seconds.

In 10 years, there are 10 x 365 x 24 hours = 87,600 hours, which even without the leap years is already the larger number.

 

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