72 hours and 31 minutes in seconds
Result
72 hours 31 minutes equals 261060 seconds
Converter
How to convert 72 hours 31 minutes to seconds?
In order to convert 72 hours and 31 minutes to seconds we need to take each part of hours and minutes and transform them into seconds. We know that 1 hour equals 3600 seconds. Therefore to get the number of hours in seconds we need to multiply the amount of hours by 3600. In this case we have to multiply 72 hours by 3600:
72h × 3600s = 259200 seconds
We also know that 1 minute equals 60 seconds. Therefore to get the number of minutes in seconds we need to multiply the amount of minutes by 60. In this case we have to multiply 31 minutes by 60:
31m × 60s = 1860 seconds
Now we have to add both amount of seconds to get the final result:
259200s + 1860s = 261060 seconds
Finally we can say that 72 hr 31 min is equivalent to 261060 seconds:
72 hours and 31 minutes = 261060 seconds
Seventy-two hours and thirty-one minutes is equal to two hundred sixty-one thousand sixty seconds.
Conversion table
For quick reference purposes, below is the hours and minutes to seconds conversion table:
| hours(h) minutes(m) | seconds(s) |
|---|---|
| 73 hours 31 minutes | 264660 seconds |
| 74 hours 31 minutes | 268260 seconds |
| 75 hours 31 minutes | 271860 seconds |
| 76 hours 31 minutes | 275460 seconds |
| 77 hours 31 minutes | 279060 seconds |
| 78 hours 31 minutes | 282660 seconds |
| 79 hours 31 minutes | 286260 seconds |
| 80 hours 31 minutes | 289860 seconds |
| 81 hours 31 minutes | 293460 seconds |
| 82 hours 31 minutes | 297060 seconds |
Units definitions
The units involved in this conversion are hours, minutes and seconds. This is how they are defined:
Hours
An hour (symbol: h, also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and scientifically reckoned between 3,599 and 3,601 seconds. In the modern metric system, hours are an accepted unit of time defined as 3,600 atomic seconds. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day.
Minutes
The minute is a unit of time usually equal to 1⁄60 (the first sexagesimal fraction) of an hour, or 60 seconds. In the UTC time standard, a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of leap seconds (there is a provision to insert a negative leap second, which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system). Although not an SI unit, the minute is accepted for use with SI units. The SI symbol for minute or minutes is min (without a dot).
Seconds
The second (symbol: s, also abbreviated: sec) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as 1⁄86400 of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400).