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If the equatorial distance between two meridians is 100 km, their distance at 60° latitude will be

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Sanjay Jamwal
Sanjay Jamwal 5 years ago
In this question
1 km to 10 km scale is used
Lcos 60 (cos 60 = 1/2)
1000×1/2
500km
Sitesh Kumar
Sitesh Kumar 6 years ago
Lcos@ = 100cos60° = 100x(1/2) = 50
Chirag Raghu
Chirag Raghu 6 years ago
Formula is Lcos∅
Here L - 100 , ∅= 60°
So, Lcos∅ = 100cos60° = 100x(1/2) = 50
Kasthuri Prafulla
Kasthuri Prafulla 6 years ago
1000 km in the place of 100km, then it would be 500km.
Latitude = Lcosθ = 1000x 1/2=500.
Prafulla 16
Prafulla 16 6 years ago
1000 km in the place of 100km, then it would be 500km.
Latitude = Lcosθ = 1000x 1/2=500.
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