SOLUTION: Could you please help answer this question: Convert .7865 radians to the degree/minute/second form I have to do it without a calculator, and I am stumped! Thank you very m

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Question 289034: Could you please help answer this question:
Convert .7865 radians to the degree/minute/second form
I have to do it without a calculator, and I am stumped!
Thank you very much.
Answer by CharlesG2(834) About Me  (Show Source):
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Could you please help answer this question:
Convert .7865 radians to the degree/minute/second form
I have to do it without a calculator, and I am stumped!
Thank you very much.
x radians * (180/pi) = y degrees
.7865 * 180/pi = 141.57/pi
(guess you could by long division take 3.14 into 141.57 then use decimal portions to get minutes and seconds)
45.0631 3058 7039 2453 6960 1748 7612 937 degrees on my calculator
the 45 is the degrees
take the decimal portion times 60 to get minutes
3.78783522235472217610492567762299 minutes
3 is the minutes
take the decimal portion of this times 60 to get seconds
47.2701133412833305662955406573793 seconds
so about 47.27 seconds
45º3'47.27" now that is with a calculator