SOLUTION: My book asks me to round a decimal (such as .6730) to the nearest minute. What is a minute and how do I convert this?
Algebra ->
Trigonometry-basics
-> SOLUTION: My book asks me to round a decimal (such as .6730) to the nearest minute. What is a minute and how do I convert this?
Log On
Question 88852This question is from textbook
: My book asks me to round a decimal (such as .6730) to the nearest minute. What is a minute and how do I convert this? This question is from textbook
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are given a Latitude or Longitude in decimal degrees, and you want to convert that to the degrees, minutes, seconds format.
To convert, multiply the decimal part by 60:
The whole number part of this is the "minutes." So your answer is
See this link for further information on this conversion:
http://geography.about.com/library/howto/htdegrees.htm
Good Luck,
tutor_paul@yahoo.com
