angles, degrees and minutes

**JAMESANANE** · May 31st 2008, 05:28 AM

40degrees 5.217minutes
41degrees - 40degreee

what is the answer?

**Soroban** · May 31st 2008, 05:44 AM

Hello, James!

Simplify: . $\frac{40\text{ deg,}\,5.217\text{ min}}{41\text{ deg} - 40\text{ deg}}$

Since $5.217\text{ minutes} \:=\:\frac{5.217}{60} \:=\:0.08695\text{ degrees}$ .

. . we have: . $\frac{40.08695\text{ deg}}{1\text{ deg}} \;=\;\boxed{40.08695}$

**janvdl** · May 31st 2008, 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by JAMESANANE

40degrees 5.217minutes
41degrees - 40degreee

what is the answer?

If you are allowed to use your calculator, it's easy to convert degrees and minutes to decimal numbers. If you can give me the model number of your calculator i can look up how yours works.

40 degrees and 5.217 minutes = 40.08695
41 degrees - 40 degrees = 1 degree = 1

$= \frac{40.08695}{1}$

**CaptainBlack** · May 31st 2008, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by janvdl

You have already posted this here.
Please do not double post. It is against the rules.

While they may be intended to be the same question, that other question is in fact different.

RonL

**CaptainBlack** · May 31st 2008, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by JAMESANANE

40degrees 5.217minutes
41degrees - 40degreee

what is the answer?

Given the nature of the other thread, I suspect that we ought to be asking for context for this question.

What is the real question that you have arrived at this from?

RonL

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