SOLUTION: what would the angle 12.78 be in degrees, minutes and seconds?

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Question 440841: what would the angle 12.78 be in degrees, minutes and seconds?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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what would the angle 12.78 be in degrees, minutes and seconds?
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Multiply the decimal portion by 60: .78 * 60 = 46.8, we have 46 whole minutes
Multiply the decimal portion of the minutes, by 60: .8 * 60 = 48 second
we have:
12 degrees 46 min 48 sec