To convert 12 hours to seconds, you can follow these steps:
1. Determine the number of seconds in one hour:
- There are 60 minutes in an hour.
- There are 60 seconds in a minute.
- Therefore, the number of seconds in one hour is [tex]\( 60 \text{ minutes/hour} \times 60 \text{ seconds/minute} = 3,600 \text{ seconds/hour} \)[/tex].
2. Multiply the number of hours by the number of seconds in one hour:
- Given, we need to convert 12 hours.
- Therefore, multiply 12 hours by 3,600 seconds/hour.
[tex]\[ 12 \text{ hours} \times 3,600 \text{ seconds/hour} = 43,200 \text{ seconds} \][/tex]
So, the correct conversion of 12 hours to seconds is 43,200 seconds.
The correct answer is:
43,200 seconds
