The number of minutes in a year differs depending on whether or not it is a leap year. The total number of minutes in an ordinary year is 525,600 whereas the total number of minutes in a leap year is 527,040. However, if you round to the nearest whole minute, then the exact number of minutes in an ordinary year is 525948.76666 and the exact number of minutes in a leap year is 527040. In other words, there are approximately 17 million more minutes in a leap year than there are in an ordinary year!
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The total number of minutes in an ordinary year is 525,600 whereas the total number of minutes in a leap year is 527,040
3. If you round to the nearest whole minute then there are approximately 17 million more
4. The reason for this difference is that every four years we have one extra day which equals about 24 hours or 86400 seconds
5. This means that we also get to add one extra day every four years which adds up to just over 10 days per century and therefore around 17 million more
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