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I am really confused please help

 May 4, 2015

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You don't. It only gives degrees and fractions of a degree.

To work out minutes you have to extract just the fractional part of the degree and multiply it by 60, this will give you minutes and fractions of a minute.

 

e.g., 17.326 degrees

0.326 x 60 = 19.56 minutes

So 17.326° = 17° 19.56‘

 

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 May 4, 2015
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With the calculator in degree mode you just enter the number of degrees.

 

If you want to enter, say, D degrees and M minutes just enter D + M/60 (i.e. you enter the minutes as fractions of a degree).

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 May 4, 2015
 #2
avatar+529 
+5
Best Answer

You don't. It only gives degrees and fractions of a degree.

To work out minutes you have to extract just the fractional part of the degree and multiply it by 60, this will give you minutes and fractions of a minute.

 

e.g., 17.326 degrees

0.326 x 60 = 19.56 minutes

So 17.326° = 17° 19.56‘

 

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Badinage May 4, 2015

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