How do you convert #257^@30'# to degrees?
1 Answer
There are 60 minutes in one degree, and 60 seconds in one minute of arc, aren't there?
Explanation:
So
In general, to covert minutes of arc to degrees, you divide by 60,
and to go back the other way, you multiply by 60.
So
(These are actually repeating decimals:
In the other direction,
Arc is curvature, like the curve of the Earth or of a circle in geometry.