Question

Convert to degrees minutes and seconds54.158°

Answer 1

`Answer\colon54^o\text{ 9' 28.8''}`

Convert 54.158 degrees

Firstly, Use the whole number as degree

54 degree

to convert to minutes

(54.548 - 54) x 60

= 0.158 x 60

= 9 minutes

To convert to seconds

(54.158 - 54 - 9/60) x 3600

= (0.158 - 0.15) x 3600

= 0.008 x 3600

= 28.8 seconds

This can be written as

`54^o\text{ 9' 28.8''}`