Sunday, September 18, 2011

Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds!

~The correct way to write degrees is by writing it in degrees, minutes, and seconds.

~To convert to minutes, take the numbers behind the decimal and multiply them by 60. The minute symbol is '.
~To convert to seconds, take the number(or numbers) behind the decimal you get from the minutes, and multiply that by 60. The second symbol is ".
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Ex.1:Convert 125.325 to degrees, minutes, and seconds.
~.325*60= 19.5 minutes.
~.5*60= 30 seconds.
~You would get 125degrees, 19minutes, and 30seconds.

Ex.2:Convert 199.027 to degrees, minutes, and seconds.
~.027*60= 1.62 minutes.
~.62*60= 37.2 seconds.
~You would get 199degrees, 1minute, and 37seconds.
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To convert degrees, minutes, and seconds to degrees, you would use the formula.

~degrees+minutes/60+seconds/360
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Ex.1:Convert 199degrees, 52minutes, 15seconds to degrees.
~199+52/60+15/3600= 199.874
~You would get 199.874degrees

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