Question

how do you convert an angle measure to degrees minutes and seconds
ex: 59.0854

Answer 1

59.0854
has 59 degrees and a decimal following it.
The decimal can be converted into minutes by multiplying the decimal by 60 minutes/1degree
If the minutes number contains a decimal we have to multiply the new decimal by 60 seconds/minutes to find the # of seconds.

Answer 2

i got 48 minutes

Answer 3

do i leave the degree as 59?

Answer 4

yes, the degrees is simply the original non-decimal number

Answer 5

so it would be 59 degrees and 48 seconds

Answer 6

i will double check

Answer 7

i got 59 degrees 5 minutes and 7 seconds

Answer 8

59 degrees 0.0854*60 minutes
59 degrees 5 minutes 0.124*60 seconds
59 degrees 5 minutes 7.44 seconds

if we round

59 degrees 5 minutes 7 seconds

Answer 9

noooooooooooo.

Answer 10

where di you get the 5 minutes from?!