' Is minutes and " is seconds. I've never been taught this and the kid I'm tutoring doesn't understand. Any help?

Is minutes and is seconds. I ve never been taught this and the kid I m tutoring doesn t understand. Any help? class=

Verified Answer :

Nope, when those symbols aren't used in writing for quotations, these represent feet and inches.  The symbol ' represents feet.  So 8' which is on the picture you provided means 8 feet.  The " represents inches.  So the 12" on the picture means 12 inches.

 In further detail, this also means that the Angle ROT is equal to 62 degrees and has a total length of 8 feet and 12 inches (most likely not to scale).

Hope this helps! :)