Question

Lightning On July 1, 2001, a Pennsylvania weather station detected an average of 80 lightning strikes per minute over a 24 hour period. Find the total number of lightning strikes detected during that time.

Short answer

Total number of lightning strikes $=115200$.

Step-by-step solution

Step-1- Write formula using given information

From given information, we came to know that,

Total number of lightning strikes $=r\times t$.

Given,

Time duration $=t=24hours$.

We know 1hour $=60$minutes.

Using that, we get

$\Rightarrow$ Time duration $=t=24\times 60$.

$\Rightarrow$ Time duration $=t=1440$minutes

Step-2- Substitute values from given information

On substituting values, we get

$\Rightarrow$ Total number of lightning strikes$=80\times 1440$.

$\Rightarrow$ Total number of lightning strikes $=11520$.

Step-3- Conclusion

Therefore, total number of lightning strikes $=11520$.