Latitude and longitude are angles, and are described
in the same units as any other angular quantity.
60 seconds = 1 minute
60 minutes = 1 degree
360 degrees = 1 full circle
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It is 3600 seconds for you have 60 minutes in every degree so there are 60 seconds in every minute.
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
Every degree of angle divides into 60 minutes of angle and every minute of angle divides into 60 seconds of angle. This system of measuring angles has been used since the Babylonians established it roughly 3000 years ago..
Every point on earth has both a latitude coordinate and a longitude coordinate. That's how you tell people where the point is, even if they're not there.
there is 60 seconds in every minute. 15 minutes is 800 seconds.