how to get the sin of 8 degrees 25 mins 30 seconds?

Enter sin(8+25/60+30/3600)  

(make sure the calculator is in degree mode).

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Thanks Alan, this confirmed the answer I got two different ways (interpolation between 8.20 and 8.30 and 8+25.5/60 (virtually the same as your way) = .14651466