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Why do you have 360 degrees longitudes and only 181 degrees latitudes?
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∙ 11y ago
There are several ways to come at this answer, most of them way too technical
and arcane to bother with.
The easiest answer to state and understand may be simply the fact that
each parallel of latitude goes all the way around the Earth, but each meridian
of longitude only goes half-way around the Earth, so you need more of them
to cover the whole Earth. Does that do anything for you ?
And by the way . . . there are only 180 degrees of latitude.
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Why do you have 360 longitudes and only 181 latitudes?
Because you must go all the way around the Earth in order to cross every possible longitude, but you only need to go half-way around it ... pole to pole ... in order to stand at every possible latitude. And by the way . . . there are an infinite number of longitudes, that cover a range of 360 degrees, and an infinite number of latitudes, that cover a range of 180 degrees.
Is it true that there are 181 latitudes?
There are an infinite number of different latitudes, just as there are an infinite number of differentlengths, weights, distances, speeds, and periods of time.If you only count the latitudes given by whole numbers, then you have all of the north latitudesfrom 1 to 90 degrees (90 of them), plus all the south latitudes from 1 to 90 degrees (90 more),plus zero latitude (the equator), for a total of 181 different whole-number latitudes.
How many lines of latitude in a hemisphere?
there are 180 degrees of latitudes 90 in each hemisphere 181 in total counting the equator
Why are there 181 lines of latitudes?
90 north latitudes + 90 south latitudes + 1 line of equator
Why there are 181 parallels latitudes?
This is because there are 90 latitudes above the equator, 90 latitudes below the equator and one is the equator itself.....so when we add them up (including the equator) we get 181.
Why do you have 360 longitudes and only 181 latitudes?
Because you must go all the way around the Earth in order to cross every possible longitude, but you only need to go half-way around it ... pole to pole ... in order to stand at every possible latitude. And by the way . . . there are an infinite number of longitudes, that cover a range of 360 degrees, and an infinite number of latitudes, that cover a range of 180 degrees.
Is it true that there are 181 latitudes?
There are an infinite number of different latitudes, just as there are an infinite number of differentlengths, weights, distances, speeds, and periods of time.If you only count the latitudes given by whole numbers, then you have all of the north latitudesfrom 1 to 90 degrees (90 of them), plus all the south latitudes from 1 to 90 degrees (90 more),plus zero latitude (the equator), for a total of 181 different whole-number latitudes.
How many latitudes are there in total?
there are 181 latitudes.90 latitudes above equator+90 latitudes below the equator +equator.90+90+1=181
How many degrees of the latitudes are there on the globe?
There can be infinitely many, but to be specific in number 181. To increase accuracy one can divide it further.
How many lines of latitude in a hemisphere?
there are 180 degrees of latitudes 90 in each hemisphere 181 in total counting the equator
Why are there 181 lines of latitudes?
90 north latitudes + 90 south latitudes + 1 line of equator
Why there are 181 parallels latitudes?
This is because there are 90 latitudes above the equator, 90 latitudes below the equator and one is the equator itself.....so when we add them up (including the equator) we get 181.
What type of angle is 181 degrees?
An angle of 181 degrees is a reflex angle.
What is 181 Fahrenheit in Celsius?
181 degrees Fahrenheit = 82.78 C
What is 181 angle?
An angle at 181 degrees would be considered a "Reflex" angle. This is because it exceeds 180 degrees which is a "Straight" angle.
What is the name of an angle from 181 degrees to 359 degrees?
"Reflex angle"
What is 181 degrees?
180 degrees is a straight line. So 181 is one degree more than that. To picture it draw a line segment, place a dot in the center and that is 180 degrees. Not move the left hand ray (line) down just a very very little bit and that is 181 degrees.
