Question

Why is the circumference of latitudes and longitudes not 360 degrees...

Answer 1

Answer:

Longitude lines pass through the north and south poles. If you stood above the earth and looked down on the north pole from above, you would see the complete circle of the equator. So longitude goes from zero to 360 degrees. Latitude lines are parallel to the equator which has latitude = zero degrees.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The distance from equator to pole is 1/4 of earth because, We know that our Earth is 360° .

• We know that the equator is 0° this lies at the middle of the Earth bete the poles and half of 360° would be divided into 90° and this would be 1/4th of 360°.

• So divided 360° would be 90° form both the poles that Northern Hemisphere till Southern Hemisphere form the Equator.

Even if you calculate like this you get 1/4 of 360°.

• Your doubt is that If its divided into two equal halves and distance of the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere is 1/4 of 360°

• We know (360°) = 1 times of our Globe

• So multiplying 360° with 1 time and dividing it with 4 we get 90° that's the half, and this together form 1/4 of the earth.

⇒ $\bold{\dfrac{360 \times 1}{4}}$

⇒ ${\sf{\underline{\boxed{\green{\sf{90}}}}}}$

HENCE PROVED!!! This is also said to be 'Latitude of Earth'.