Wikipedia talk:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 August 24

Follow up to the Coordinates for Four Cornes Question

Coordinates for Four Corners Anyone familiar with the only place in America that allows you to stand in 4 states at the time. Without rounding, can someone give me the exact coordinates of the point of intersection down to the hundredths decimal place. ______.______Degrees ________,______Degrees

N 36° 59.938 W 109° 02.710 - Google is your friend. So is wikipedia. From Four Corners (United States): 36°59′56.31532″N, 109°02′42.62019″W. David Sneek 07:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC) May I also be your friend? David gave you degrees, minutes and seconds and the anon gave you degrees and minutes, but you asked for only degrees (which indeed makes much more sense), so I'll translate the anon's values for you: 36,99897 N, 109,04517 W (using a decimal comma, as prescribed by the SI). But you wanted only to the hundredth decimal, so that would then be 36,999 N, 109,045 W. DirkvdM 08:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC) That's thousandths. Hundredths would be 36.99 N and 109.05 W, wouldn't it? JackofOz 09:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Jack is your friend. David Sneek 09:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Yes, I am.  :--) JackofOz 10:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC) On reflection, though, I've just realised the querent has asked for an impossibility. "Without rounding" means that accuracy must be sacrificed. The closest answer in hundredths is 37.00 N and 109.05 W, but if rounding is excluded, it would be 36.99 N and 109.04 W. My answer above has a bet each way. JackofOz 10:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC) I guess the Simpsons creators were intentionally trying to confuse us about the Springfield location when the family visited the Five Corners in Itchy & Scratchy Land Evilbu 15:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Damn, making a mistake is one thing. Doing so when correcting others is humiliating. And I can't believe I missed the 'without rounding' bit. I hope we can all still be friends, though. DirkvdM 08:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello all, thank you for taking the time to answer this question, however I am a little confused now as to what the correct answer should be with out rounding. If you could be so kind and clarify. Thanks