SOLUTION: Hello, I promise this is my last post for the day. Ok here is my question. A surveyor measures an angle as 32 degrees 31' 30'' Write this measure as a decimal. I am COMPL

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Question 118680: Hello,
I promise this is my last post for the day. Ok here is my question.
A surveyor measures an angle as 32 degrees 31' 30''
Write this measure as a decimal.
I am COMPLETLY lost as to what to do with this problem. I got as far as 32.????
Any help would be wonderful and highly appreciated as always. :)
~Christina-Rose~
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(12692) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A surveyor measures an angle as 32 degrees 31' 30''
Write this measure as a decimal.
:
Convert minutes to degrees, 60 min in a degree
Convert seconds to degrees, 60*60 = 3600 sec in a degree
So we have:
:
Degrees = 32 + 31%2F60 + 30%2F3600
:
Degrees = 32 + .516667 + .0083333
:
Degrees = 32.525
:
I'm sorry about the screw-up here, don't know that I was thinking; A