document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=481454>Question 481454</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help I have never had geometry before. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perform each of the following operations. Leave in the simplest form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 degrees 29 minutes - 3 degrees 45 minutes </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First, you should know that 1 degree is equivalent to 60 minutes.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract minutes from minutes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract degrees from degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we are trying to subtract 45 minutes from 29 minutes, we need to borrow 1 degree:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14 degrees 89 minutes - 3 degrees 45 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so, now we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(49-3) degrees (89-45) minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "46 degrees 44 minutes<BR>\n" );
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