Question

why 1degree is called 60 minutes
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Answer 1

The book states that to be more precise, a degree is divided up into sixty equal parts called minutes, and that each minute is divided into sixty equal parts called seconds. This makes sense since we already know that there are sixty seconds in a minute

Answer 2

Answer:

According to trigonometry,

In sexagesimal system (British system)
One complete Rotation is divided into 360 degrees

Then each 1 degree divided into 60equal parts called minutes

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