2007-08-20 04:04:40 · 6 answers · asked by lynnleger11 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
No meaning to convert miles into degrees.
Mile is unit of length while degree is unit of angle.
2007-08-20 04:15:10 · answer #1 · answered by Indian Primrose 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe you are asking about latitudes and longitudes. Latitudes are those which run parallel to the equator. There are 90 degrees between the equator and a pole, and each latitude is pretty evenly spaced, so it's about 69 miles between them.
Longitudes vary in length, because they all start at the same point at the poles, spread out and reach the maximum distance as they cross the equator, and come back to a point again at the other pole. So these vary between 0 miles at the poles, to 69 miles at the equator.
2007-08-20 11:20:43 · answer #2 · answered by Jon G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Units can only be converted into each other if they have the same dimensions. The dimensions of miles are length. Degrees are dimensionless. Therefore, there is no way to convert between miles and degrees.
If, by chance, you meant "How many miles are in a degree of latitude or longitude?", the answer is that a degree of latitude ranges from 111.32 km (69.17 mi) at the equator to 110.95 km (68.94 mi) at the poles, while a degree of longitude ranges from the same maximum length at the equator to a minimum of zero at the poles.
2007-08-20 11:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
AAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
Where do all these unconvertible questions keep coming from? Is there some class somewhere in which the teacher is just torturing the students?
A degree is 1/360 of a circle. If we knew the radius of the circle, then we could tell you how many miles along the perimeter of the circle one degree is, for example. Without more information, though, there's little we (or at least I) can do . . . .
2007-08-20 11:11:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the radius of the circle. the larger the radius of the circle (and thus the circumference of the circle,) the larger distance the degree will be. you can figure out the circumference (which is a distance like miles) by using (pi)*(2r). you dont always have an arc when you are using degree, though, sometimes you may be using triangles or other angled shapes.
2007-08-20 11:14:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your talking about a degree of latitude or longitude on the
surface of the earth it is about 60 nautical miles. Otherwise
it can't be answered.
2007-08-20 11:23:30 · answer #6 · answered by verner66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋