How many seconds in 1 hour?
The answer is 3600.
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The SI base unit for time is the second.
1 second is equal to 0.00027777777777778 hour.
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The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom at zero kelvins.
The hour was originally defined in Egypt as 1/24 of a day, based on their duo-decimal numbering system (which counted finger joints on each hand).
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