Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds to Decimal Conversion
Convert angles expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds into decimal degrees.
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Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds to Decimal Conversion
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Convert the following angles from Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds (DMS) format to decimal degrees. Round your answers to four decimal places where necessary.
1. Convert 35° 45' 30'' to decimal degrees.
2. Convert 120° 15' 0'' to decimal degrees.
3. Convert 2° 0' 54'' to decimal degrees.
4. Which of the following is the correct decimal degree conversion for 75° 36' 18''?
75.6050°
75.6000°
75.6033°
75.6025°
5. To convert minutes to decimal degrees, you divide the minutes by .
6. To convert seconds to decimal degrees, you divide the seconds by .
7. An angle is measured as 150° 0' 45''. What is this angle in decimal degrees?
8. A ship's bearing is 270° 25' 12''. Convert this bearing to decimal degrees.
A protractor is a tool used to measure angles in degrees. When converting to decimal degrees, we are expressing these measurements in a single decimal number rather than the DMS format.