How do you convert the angle to a decimal in degrees 55° 19'8"?

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Shwetank Mauria
Nov 10, 2016

#55^o19'8''=55.338888........#

Explanation:

We have #60#' (called #60# minutes) in each degree and #60#"(called #60# seconds) in each minutes.

Hence, #55^o19'8''#

= #55+19/60+8/3600=55+0.316666+0.022222=55.338888^o#

Actually it will be #55.33bar8#, which means #8# will be repeating endlessly,

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