To convert 2.3 years to hours, you first need to know the conversion factors involved. One year consists of 365 days, and each day has 24 hours. Therefore, to convert years to hours, you multiply the number of years by the number of days in a year and then by the number of hours in a day.

So, for 2.3 years:
\( 2.3 \text{ years} \times 365 \text{ days/year} \times 24 \text{ hours/day} = X \text{ hours} \)

Now, calculate:
\( 2.3 \times 365 \times 24 = X \)
\( X = 2.3 \times 365 \times 24 \)
\( X = 2.3 \times 8760 \)
\( X = 20148 \text{ hours} \)

Therefore, 2.3 years is equivalent to 20,148 hours.