SOLUTION: 71°26' to decimal degree notation

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Question 507203: 71°26' to decimal degree notation
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A minute is th of a degree, so

26' = ° so divide 26 by 60 on a calculator and get

.4333333333, so

71°26' = 71.4333333333°

Edwin
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