Homework Help: precal

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 2:20am.

Write a formula for converting hours, starting with midnight as zero, to a decimal number of degrees. Assume that a full day equals 360º, 60 minutes equals one hour, and 60 seconds equals one minute. Use x, y, and z to represent hours, minutes, and seconds respectively. Use T for the decimal number of degrees.

T = 360(x + y + z)

T = 60(x + y + z)

T = 15(x + y/60 + z/3600)

precal - Damon, Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 9:11am
That is fine assuming a 24 hour clock (military time) of course.
precal - Anonymous, Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 4:21pm
Damon, yes. Military time.

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