Question

how to get this in degrees or decimals

39 degrees 79'

Answer 1

the tick mark after the 79 means "minutes"

so 79' = 79 minutes

not minutes in terms of time, but arc minutes

Answer 2

39 degrees 79' = 39 degrees + 79 minutes

39 degrees 79' = 39 degrees + 79/60 degrees ... see note below

39 degrees 79' = ???


Note: 60 minutes = 1 degree, so we can use this to convert 79 minutes into 79/60 degrees

Answer 3

so is it 39.32??? is that the final answer?

Answer 4

I'm not getting the same result. Try again.

Answer 5

what did u get?

Answer 6

what is 79/60 equal to?

Answer 7

1.32

Answer 8

good

Answer 9

that's the approximation anyway

Answer 10

add that to 39 now

Answer 11

40.32???

Answer 12

yes, the more accurate approximation is 40.3166666666667 degrees that rounds to 40.32 degrees

Answer 13

assuming you only want 2 decimal places

Answer 14

ok well say what if it's like 39 degrees 79' 27"???

Answer 15

you'll have to convert the 27 seconds into degrees

Answer 16

1 degree = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds

using those two facts, we can say

1 degree = 3600 seconds

Answer 17

sooooooooooooooooo now what???

27/3600 and add it to the rest or soemthing???

Answer 18

correct

Answer 19

39 + 79/60+27/3600 = 40.3241666666667

if you round to two decimal places, you still get 40.32

so maybe it's a good idea to take it to maybe 4 or 5 decimal places

Answer 20

ok thanks

Answer 21

aw what!
that's so not cool
I can only write you one testimony???!

Answer 22

That's fine. I appreciate the thought though.