Why are the solutions different?

[ijabbott]

(03-01-2020 01:59 PM)tom234 Wrote:  yes, I had to enter it with all the degree minutes second marks for it to understand

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 it. So time-consuming

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You don't necessarily need all the marks. These all input the same value:

40°35
40°35’
40°35’”
40°35’0
40°35’0”
40°35’00
40°35’00”

The calculator will expand the input on entry to the full form.