A day usually has 86400 seconds, some days it has 86401 seconds (when an extra second is added). log286401 = log(86401) / log(2) = 16.4, so 17 bits is sufficient to represent those seconds.
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There are 5400 seconds in an hour and a half.
Binary bits are necessary to represent 748 different numbers in the sense that binary bits are represented in digital wave form. Binary bits also have an exponent of one.
1 hour = 3600 seconds 30 minutes = 1800 seconds 1 hour + 30 minutes = 5400 seconds
3,600 seconds.