Question

Convert 45° 15' to degree's.

Answer 1

Given:

45° 15'

This means 45 degrees, 15 minutes. The minutes is a term used to represent the fractional parts of a degree.

To convert 45° 15', we have:

45° + 15'

where,

`1^(\prime)\text{= }(1)/(60)\degree`

Therefore:

`45\degree+15^(\prime)\text{ = }45\text{ + }(15)/(60)\text{ = }45\text{ + 0.25 = }45.25\degree`

ANSWER:

45.25°