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I live in the city of Los Angeles. So, you must understand California law :)
Okay, here goes. I under the meaning of metes and bounds. Like metes uses inches, feet, yards, rods and miles. Bounds refers to the use of boundaries such as rivers, roads, fences, creeks and iron pipes. Now what I do not understand is the statement shown below in " ". I need to have this explained to me in better English :) Will this by on the state exam for a real license license?
" Angles are a deflection from this north-south line. Deflections are to the east or west of the north-south line.
There are 360 degrees in a circle and 180 degrees in a half circle. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes and each minute is divided into 60 seconds."
Jim,
What is not an answer. I would like to understand this so I can learn, pass the test and experienc.
3 Answers
- DonaldLv 78 years ago
That's basic geometry. First, a little bit of background. As the question explains, imagine a circle. Like a clock. Imagine the clock has 360 "ticks" in the rim, where you'd normally see the minutes. Each of those ticks is one degree. So, if you began at "12 noon" on the clock, the first tick to the right would be one degree. One tick. The next one, the second tick, would be two degrees. And so on all the way around the clock.
Now, imagine taking out a magnifying glass. Now you notice that between each "tick" (each degree) are 60 more, much smaller ticks. Each of those smaller ticks represents a "minute." (Not a time-keeping minute; the word "minute" here means something else.)
And now you get out a microscope and look at those tiny minute clicks. And you see that between each one of them are 60 very tiny clicks. Each one of those represents a "second."
So you've divided the entire clock into 360 slivers or "degrees." Within each degree are 60 minutes. Within each minute are 60 seconds.
That's the concept.
Now, to return to the first part of the question: Imagine a perfectly straight and exact line drawn from the North Pole down to the South Pole. That's the "north-south" line referred to. Put that under the clock face with all the ticks we've drawn on it. "North" is where the "12" on a regular clock face would be. "South" is where the "6" on a regular clock face would be. Now you have the north-south line.
Moving the smallest/tiniest tick over is one second from true North. Moving a medium tick over is one minute from true North. Moving one large tick over is one degree from true North.
Those are the "angles" or "deflections"--the difference (in seconds, minutes, and degrees) from the true north-south line.
Hope that helps.
- troLv 78 years ago
what part is not understandable and where might there be a question
it is defining angles and deflections and describing the contents of a circle
seems clear enough to me
