MaureenH
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  • 10-09-2016
  • Social Studies
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The distance covered by one degree of longitude depends on what?

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kaylalynnx
kaylalynnx kaylalynnx
  • 10-09-2016
It depends on the latitude where you measure it.

It's about 69 miles on the equator, and it shrinks to zero at the poles.

In general, at any latitude,

Distance covered by 1 degree of longitude =

(69 miles) x [ cosine(latitude where it's measured) ]
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