Question

5. Which one of the following is a correct statement about longitudes?
(a) Their length is the longest at the poles.
(b) Their length is the shortest at the equator.
(c) All of them have equal lengths.
(d) Their length reduces towards the poles.​

Answer 1

Answer:

d) Their length reduces towards the pole.

Explanation:

A degree of longitude is widest at the equator with a distance of 69.172 miles (111.321 kilometers). The distance gradually shrinks to zero as they meet at the poles. At 40 degrees north or south, the distance between a degree of longitude is 53 miles

Answer 2

Explanation:

all of them have equal ha