If the earth moves around the sun at a rate of about 20 miles per second, what would be its speed in miles per hour?

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1,200

1,440

72,000

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73,200

4,320,000

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The earth moves around the sun at a speed of approximately 20 miles per second. To convert this speed into miles per hour, we multiply by the number of seconds in an hour. There are…

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Your fluency with the order of operations, fractions, decimals, and basic number sense — the foundation every quant question leans on.

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Applying the order of operations out of sequence or rounding intermediate values before the final step.