23 20' 48" is the same as

round to the nearest hundredth of a degree.

23° 20' 48" in degrees

Minutes are 1/60 of a degree and seconds 1/60 of a minute.

Let's convert the 48" to minutes.
48/60 = 0.8

23° 20' 48" ⇒ 23° 20.8'

Let's convert the 20.8' to degrees.
20.8/60 ≈ 0.3466667

23° 20.8' ⇒ 23.35°

The distance from point a to point c across the coordinate plane is aproxamatly 8.94 rounded to the nearest hundredth. you use a^2 + b^2 =c^2