Adding numbers to coordinates

[Salmonking]

I need some help with this one.

If the hint asks you to add the number 51 to the minutes portion of: 42 28.435 how do you do this!

[Neos2]

I need some help with this one.

If the hint asks you to add the number 51 to the minutes portion of: 42 28.435 how do you do this!

60 minutes in an "hour"

Carry when you get to the full 60

[Salmonking]

I need some help with this one.

If the hint asks you to add the number 51 to the minutes portion of: 42 28.435 how do you do this!

60 minutes in an "hour"

Carry when you get to the full 60

OK< Help me out, I have been out of school for 50 years....so you add from thye 51 till you get the full 60 minutes then........

[+gpsfun]

I need some help with this one.

If the hint asks you to add the number 51 to the minutes portion of: 42 28.435 how do you do this!

60 minutes in an "hour"

Carry when you get to the full 60

OK< Help me out, I have been out of school for 50 years....so you add from thye 51 till you get the full 60 minutes then........

There may be two ways to interpret the hint - one would give you 42 28.486, around 310 feet away; the other would give you 43 19.435, which is around 58 miles away. Or there may be yet another way to go about it.

 

Good luck.

[+Prime Suspect]

I need some help with this one.

If the hint asks you to add the number 51 to the minutes portion of: 42 28.435 how do you do this!

If you keep in mind that mystery coordinates are generally within 2 miles of the posted coordinates, you should be able to figure out if you add the numbers to the integer or decimal portion of the minutes.

[TermiteHunter]

Gee... most of the time the hider is not attempting to be that complex and figures that the seeker is at least as smart and in no way smarter so, Just add it to the previous coords ignoring the decimal. Since it clearly does not say to add it to the "hour" portion. 42 28.435 +51 = 42 28.486. At least that is what I typically see used.