Question

At what latitude is the tropic of cancer drawn in the Nethern Hermisphere ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

+ 23½ N

Explanation:

Latitude:

• Latitude is an angular distance North or South of the equator measured from the centre of the earth.
• The lines of latitude run parallel to each other, therefore they are called parallels of latitude.
• These lines are imaginary lines.

Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn:

• There are two special types of latitude:
• One is the tropic of Cancer which is in the Northern hemisphere and it is drawn at + 23½ N
• When the rays of the sun for vertically on the tropic of Cancer June Solstice occurs.
• Other one is tropic of Capricorn which is in the southern hemisphere and is drawn at - 23½ S.
• When the rays of the sun for vertically on the tropic of Capricorn December Solstice occurs.