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It could be. The French at one time tried to "metricize" time. It didn't catch on.
Ultimately, the reason for 60 seconds is that the Babylonians really liked the number 60.
60 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30. That's an awful lot of ways to divide it, which partially helps explain why the Babylonians liked it so much. They also liked 360, for about the same reason and also because it's approximately the number of days in a year, and that's why circles have 360 degrees.
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How many sec in 6 min?
1 min = 60 sec 6 min = 6 x 60 = 360 sec
How many sec are in 30 min?
1 min = 60 sec 30 min = 1800 sec
How many minutes are n 127 seconds?
There are 60 min in a Sec. SO ... (127 min)/60 = 2 min 7 sec.
How many feet per second are in 100 miles per hour?
(100 mi/hr) × (5280 ft/mi) × (1/60 hr/min) × (1/60 min/sec) = 146.67 ft/sec
How many seconds are in 60 days?
60 days * (24 hr / day) * (60 min / hr) * (60 sec / min) = 5,184,000 sec
