document.write( "Question 1142253: Change 61 2/3° to degrees and minutes.
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document.write( "Degrees and minutes are units to measure angles, as you know (or must know).\r\n" );
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document.write( "61 2/3°  is 61 whole degrees PLUS 2/3 of a degree.\r\n" );
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document.write( "One degree is 60 minutes.        (BY THE DEFINITION)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, 2/3° is the angle of   minutes = 40 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus  61 2/3° = 61°40', or, equivalently, in wording form,  61 degrees and 40 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The notion  \" 40' \" means 40 minutes.\r\n" );
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