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That's exactly like asking "On that wall, how far is it between a point that's 3 feet

from the floor and another point that's 6 feet from the corner of the room ?"

I hope you can see and appreciate the analogy.

One number specifies a north/south or 'vertical' measurement, and the other one

describes an east/west or 'horizontal' measurement. Each number has a whole

line that satisfies it, and there are an infinite number of points on the line. The

distance between a pair of points ... one on each line ... can be anything between

zero, where the lines cross, to the maximum dimensions of the surface you're

working with.

"60 degrees north latitude" and "30 degrees west longitude" intersect in eastern

Greenland. The distance between them is zero at that place.

There's another point at 60° north latitude (in eastern Siberia) and another point

at 30° west longitude (near the south pole), and those two are about 10,350 miles

apart.

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