Degree, Minute, Second (Sexagesimal) Calculations - Casio fx-50F User Manual

Example 8: What is the percentage change when a value is increased from 40 to 46? How
about to 48?
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Degree, Minute, Second (Sexagesimal) Calculations

You can perform calculations using sexagesimal values, and you can convert between
sexagesimal and decimal.
A Inputting Sexagesimal Values
The following is basic syntax for inputting a sexagesimal value.
{Degrees} {Minutes}
Example: To input 2°30´30˝
• Note that you must always input something for the degrees and minutes, even if they are
zero.
Example: To input 0°00´30˝, press 0
A Sexagesimal Calculation Examples
The following types of sexagesimal calculations will produce sexagesimal results.
• Addition or subtraction of two sexagesimal values
• Multiplication or division of a sexagesimal value and a decimal value
Example 1: 2°20´30˝ + 39´30˝ = 3°00´00˝
Example 2: 2°20´00˝ × 3.5 = 8°10´00˝
A Converting between Sexagesimal and Decimal
Pressing while a calculation result is displayed will toggle the value between
sexagesimal and decimal.
(46-40)/40
{Seconds}
2 30
0
2 20
0 39
2
E-17
( (
!( (%) w
( (
8w
2 ˚ 30 ˚ 30 ˚ 2 ˚ 30 ˚ 30 ˚
30 w
30
.
2 ˚ 20 ˚ 30 ˚ + 0 ˚ 39 ˚ 30 2 ˚ 20 ˚ 30 ˚ + 0 ˚ 39 ˚ 30
30 +
30 w
2 ˚ 20 ˚ × 3. 5 2 ˚ 20 ˚ × 3. 5
20 *
3.5w
÷ 40% ÷ 40%
46 – 40 46 – 40
) )
15 15
÷ 40% ÷ 40%
48 – 40 48 – 40
) )
20 20
2 ˚ 30 ˚ 30 2 ˚ 30 ˚ 30
3 ˚ 0 ˚ 0 3 ˚ 0 ˚ 0
8 ˚ 10 ˚ 0 8 ˚ 10 ˚ 0