Angle conversions, Convert 30° to radians, Convert 50°35’ to decimal degrees – Sharp EL-9900 User Manual

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Basic Keyboard/GENERAL MATHEMATICS USING THE SHARP EL-9900

Copyright © 2002, Sharp Electronics Corporation. Permission is granted to photocopy for educational use only.

Angles can be expressed in degrees and radians. Degrees can be expressed in

either decimal degrees or degrees-minutes-seconds. The sum of the angles of a

triangle is 180° or

π radians.

Press to access the calculation screen.

1. Convert 30° to radians.

Put the calclator in radian mode by pressing 2ndF SETUP B 2

.

STEP 1:

Enter 30° by pressing 3 0 MATH

Ε 1 .

STEP 2:

Convert to radians by pressing ENTER .

The answer is 0.5236.

2. Convert 50°35’ to decimal degrees.

STEP 1:

Enter 50°35’ by pressing 5 0

MATH E 1

3 5

MATH

Ε 2 .

STEP 2:

Calculate decimal degrees by pressing ENTER .

The answer is 50.5833.

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