One billion seconds is equivalent to approximately 31.69 years. To understand this, let’s break it down:
1. There are 60 seconds in a minute.
2. There are 60 minutes in an hour, so that’s 60 x 60 = 3,600 seconds in an hour.
3. There are 24 hours in a day, so that’s 3,600 x 24 = 86,400 seconds in a day.
4. There are 365 days in a year, so that’s 86,400 x 365 = 31,536,000 seconds in a year.
Now, to find out how many years are in one billion seconds, we divide one billion by the number of seconds in a year:
1,000,000,000 seconds ÷ 31,536,000 seconds/year ≈ 31.69 years.
So, one billion seconds is roughly 31.69 years.