document.write( "Question 555015: Put this in degrees-minutes-seconds
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document.write( "60.125degrees \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #361602 by Theo(13342) You can put this solution on YOUR website! you start with 60.125 degrees. \n" ); document.write( "keep the 60 degrees and work with the .125 degrees. \n" ); document.write( ".125 degrees is equal to 60 * .125 = 7.5 minutes. \n" ); document.write( "keep the 7 minutes and work with the .5 minutes. \n" ); document.write( ".5 minutes is equal to 60 * .5 = 30 seconds. \n" ); document.write( "add them all up together and you get: \n" ); document.write( "60 degrees 7 minutes 30 seconds \n" ); document.write( "the basic conversion factors required are: \n" ); document.write( "minutes = 60 * degrees. \n" ); document.write( "seconds = 60 * minutes. \n" ); document.write( "to work your way back up and get everything back into degrees, do the following: \n" ); document.write( "degrees * 1 = degrees. \n" ); document.write( "minutes * 60 = degrees. \n" ); document.write( "seconds * 60^2 = degrees. \n" ); document.write( "working your way back from 60 degrees 7 minutes 30 seconds, you get: \n" ); document.write( "60 degrees + 7/60 degrees + 30/60^2 degrees for a total of: \n" ); document.write( "60.125 degrees. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |