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ishan

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Imagine you are located on the equator at 150 degrees west longitude. Now imagine your cousin's living on the equator at 135 degrees East longitude. Calculate how many miles you are away from your cousin
 
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The biosphere is made up of portions of all the other three Earth systems.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: This can be calculated depending on which way one travels. The length of a degree of longitude at the equator is approximately 69 miles. If one travels towards the Prime Meridian:
180 - 135=45, then 180 - 150 = 30.
Add 45 and 30 = 75 being the difference between you and your cousin's locations.
Then multiply 75  69 miles = 5,175.

If one travels towards the Prime Meridian:
150 + 135 = 285 being the difference between you and your cousin's locations.
285  69 miles = 19665 miles.

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Answer: TRUE


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