Gas prices plummeted 86.8 cent a gallon to an average of $2.40 from a year ago in this week's government survey, but diesel has come down only 59.2 cents a gallon with the national average now at $3.28.That difference irks truckers and others who livelihoods depend on diesel.he spread, which often is more like 30 or 40 cents a gallon during the year, underscores how despite the plummeting price of oil, gasoline and diesel don't always move in tandem.
1440 minutes Since there are 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes in an hour you multiply them. 24 hours * 60 min/ 1 hour, hours cancel out and you are left with 1440 minutes. FlashOfBlade(Dime Bros) Â· 7 years ago. Thumbs up.
Since the Earth is orbiting the Sun, we actually need an extra 4 minutes each day to return the Sun to the same spot. Astronomers call this a solar day. Then we divide the length of a day into the distance a point on the equator travels in that period: 40,075 km/23.93 hours = 1,675 km/hour, 465 meters/second.