SOLUTION: How many miles on the surface of the earth correspond to 1-degree latitude with the earth having a radius of 3960 miles?
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Question 1191860: How many miles on the surface of the earth correspond to 1-degree latitude with the earth having a radius of 3960 miles? Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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The radius of the earth at the equator is approximately miles.
There is a formula in trigonometry called the arc length formula:
, =arc length, =radius, =central angle in radians.
This usually applies to a circle but it can apply to the given problem.
answer:
one degree of latitude corresponds to miles on the surface of the earth
