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Calculations Involving Degrees, Minutes and

Seconds

You can convert between sexagesimal and

decimal numbers.

Example 1: Convert the decimal number 1.234 to

its sexagesimal equivalent and then back to a

decimal number again.

1.2341

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12 H 34 H 56 HD 7.89

B \_

1.2341

r 14° 2.4

HI 1.2341

1’ 56” X7.89

B n

99°16°25.44 1

FIX, SCI, RND

To change the display format settings, press

repeatedly until the screen below appears.

Fix

Sci

Norm

1 2

Press the number key (□□ , Q or Q)

corresponding to the setting you want to change.

rn (Fix) : To set the number of decimal places

p2] (Sci) : To set the number of significant digits

H (Norm): To set the display format to normal

Example 1: 100■^3xl 5

1 00 B 3 □ 1 5 I 500.

(Now specify that you want numbers displayed

with 3 decimal places. )

■ CD (Fix) H

FIX

500.000

1 2 ... 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ... 43 44

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