Estimate the age of Machu Picchu in days, hours, and minutes. Show supporting calculations for each answer using the "Add Work" button. This question requires four answers: (a) Age in Days = days (b) Age in Hours = hours (c) Age in Minutes = minutes (d) Write the number of minutes in scientific notation. Keep two decimal digits of accuracy (whole number
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 feet) mountain ridge. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Cuzco. The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate. Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows.
Most archeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438-1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization. The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest. According to the new AMS radiocarbon-dating, it was occupied from c. 1420-1532. Thus, the city of Machu Picchu is about 570 years old.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu
Estimate the age of Machu Picchu in days, hours, and minutes. Show supporting calculations for each answer using the "Add Work" button.
This question requires four answers:
(a) Age in Days = days
(b) Age in Hours = hours
(c) Age in Minutes = minutes
(d) Write the number of minutes in scientific notation. Keep two decimal digits of accuracy (whole number
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