Question

There are 3600 in a full circle. a. How many arcminutes are in a full cycle? b. How many arcseconds are in a full cycle?

Answer 1

Answer:

21600

1296000

Explanation:

Full cycle consists of

$360^\{circ}$

1 hour = 3600 seconds

1 minute = 60 seconds

Converting to arcminutes

$360\times 60=21600\ arcseconds$

The arcminutes in a full cycle is 21600

Converting to arcseconds

$360\times 60\times 60=1296000\ arcseconds$

The arseconds in full cycle is 1296000