FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS - EXTENDED
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Author: Halliday
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Chapter 1, Problem 61P
Class time, the long of it. For a common four-year undergraduate program, what are the total number of (a) hours and (b) seconds spent in class? Enter your answer in scientific notation.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS - EXTENDED
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