How do you convert $2.5^circ$ to $D^circM'S''$ form?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-24T09:56:48

$2.5^@ = 2^@30'$

There are $60$ minutes in a degree and $60$ seconds in a minute.

So we find:

$2.5^@ = 2^@ + (0.5 * 60)' = 2^@30'$

If you want a seconds part, you could write this as $2^@30'0''$

More generally, given a decimal number of degrees, proceed as follows:

Then you have a choice as to whether to specify the seconds as a decimal or round it to the nearest integer.

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