SOLUTION: My book asks me to round a decimal (such as .6730) to the nearest minute. What is a minute and how do I convert this?
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: My book asks me to round a decimal (such as .6730) to the nearest minute. What is a minute and how do I convert this?
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Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are given a Latitude or Longitude in decimal degrees, and you want to convert that to the degrees, minutes, seconds format.
To convert, multiply the decimal part by 60:
The whole number part of this is the "minutes." So your answer is
See this link for further information on this conversion:
http://geography.about.com/library/howto/htdegrees.htm
Good Luck,
tutor_paul@yahoo.com
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