Question

how do you work out something like Tan 21°44'? how the heck do you plug this into the calculator i swear i've tried every single freaking way

Answer 1

you have to convert \(44'\) in to a decimal to use your calculator

Answer 2

in degree or radian mode?

Answer 3

\[44'=\frac{44}{60}=.733....\]

Answer 4

evidently you are working in degrees, so put your calculator in degree mode and enter
\[\tan(21.7333)\]

Answer 5

ok thank you that's it

Answer 6

what if/could it go over 60'?

Answer 7

?

Answer 8

say you have tan 21 65'...

Answer 9

there is no such thing as 65 minutes

Answer 10

21 65' would be 22 05'

Answer 11

ohhh it's minutes that makes a lot of sense now lol thanks!

Answer 12

yeah, hold over from old babylonian base sixty
same reason we have 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute etc

Answer 13

yw