How do you convert a degrees to radians if the it's a decimal?

Question

I'm learning how to convert DMS (degrees,minutes,seconds) to radians but I don't know how to convert this:

71.72 degrees

Answer 1

Divide 180 degrees by the given decimal in DMS form would give you an approximation.

So: 180 degrees/71.72 = use calculator.

Answer 2

The simplest way to do this would be to divide 180 by 71.72 and the answer would turn out to be approximately 2.51.

Answer 3

To convert from degrees to radians multiply the degrees by π/180

In your case

Radians = (71.72)(π/180)

Radians ≈ 0.398444 π or 1.25175
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