Explain why the distance between two meridians at the north pole is 0 miles?

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Answer 1

Because thats where the meridians meet at one point.

Answer 2

Meridians are lines of longitude which segment the earth east-west. The north pole is point on the earth. In this instance, all the meridians converge at this one point thereby reducing the distance between them to zero.

Think of an orange. When you cut the skin with a knife you start at the north pole and go to the south pole. As you scribe a cut into the skin, the closer you get to the middle (equator) of the orange, the lines diverge (or get farther away). Once they pass through the equator of the orange, the distance between the lines gets closer together until you reach the bottom of the orange - the south pole; which coincidentally shares the same properties as the north pole - a point where all meridians converge to a single point, reducing the distance between them to zero!

Answer 3

The poles are where all the north-south meridian lines meet.

Answer 4

The meridians ( which from our perspective are vertical lines to the poles ) would all meet at the poles, since the earth is ball shaped . . . therefore since they meet there,
there is no distance ( 0 miles, not even feet, 0 feet )

Answer 5

utilising a ruler, draw a huge "X" on a chunk of paper. Now draw 2 greater lines between the legs of the x. Draw yet another line between all of the present lines. Now look heavily on the lines. How some distance aside are they on the sting? midway to the middle? in simple terms outdoors the middle? on the middle? Now if the pole is the middle of the meridians how some distance aside are they whilst they bypass the middle?

Answer 6

all the meridians meet at the north and south poles.