Homework Help: trig/sig figs

Posted by carl on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 9:05pm.

There are 60" in 1', 60' in 1°, and 2π radians in 360°. Convert arc-seconds into radians. KEep 6 significant figures.

If someone could help and walk me through this process, it would be soooo appreciated!

trig/sig figs - Steve, Friday, January 18, 2013 at 4:28am
1 degree = pi/180 radians
1 arc-second = 1/3600 degree

so, 1 arc-second = pi/180 / 3600 = 4.8481368 * 10^-6 radians

or, 0.00000484814

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