The States border.
they mean a big city
they mean a big city
They are quite probably boundaries of some kind. Check the legend on the map to find out what kind of boundary they are.
Usually they indicate the borders between the states.
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Type your answer here... what does dashes mean
In most cases the black lines which are between the states point out the border between different states, telling the map reader when the you are in a different state.
I think you're talking about the borders of the states. Sometimes, between countries, if normal borders are solid lines and you see dotted lines in some places, you can see in the map key that the dots might mean a disputed border (like currently for Somalia).
Having two dashes on a triangle is common notation in arithmetic, specifically geometry. Two dashes mean that there is one dash each on two different lines of the triangle, and this indicates that the two lines are of equal length. This also means that the triangle is an isosceles triangle.
The dashes on a bus timetable indicate that the bus does not arrive at that specific stop at a certain time of day.
No engineering changes.
that they are the same size