document.write( "Question 241728: I NEED TO FIND AN ALGORYTHEM TO CALCULATE THE DISTANCE USING DEGREES, MINUTES, SECONDS AND DIRECTON (NORHT, SOUTH, EAST, WEST) I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD INVOLE CONVERTING TO RADAINS AND USING A TRIG FUNCTION - TANGENT OR COTAN, SIN, COSIN,COSEC (NO), OR CONVERT TO DECIMAL. I'VE GONE BACK TO MY \"PRE-CALCULIS\" AND MT \"CALCULUS & IT'S APPLICATIONS\" BOOKS BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE DIRECTION BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GET INTO THE \"Z\" LINE 0R 3RD DIM. QUADRANT. I CANNOT FIND MY OTHER MATH BOOKS OR MECH. ENG. BOOK (I KNOW THAT BOOK HAD IT IN THERE). THAT'S WHEN I CHANGED MAJORS TO PROGRAMMING WHEN I WAS TAKING FORTRN ABOUT THE SAME TIME AND IT HHOOKKEEDD ME BAD. SHOULD'VE GONE INTO NETWORKING THOUGH... ...ANYWAY BACK TO THE SUBJECT CAN YOU HELP ME?
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document.write( "San Antonio 29:25:51N 098:29:36W TO Cairo 30:02:00N 031:17:00E \n" );
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