Change to the decimal degree equivalent. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth if necessary.

Question

47'

I have no idea how to do this.

Answer 1

1° = 60'
so, 1' = 1/60 °
47' = 47/60 ° = 0.7833°

Answer 2

Okay, thank you. I was trying to work it a different way and it was confusing.