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14. Is the Tropic of Capricorn a great circle? Justify/ explain your answer
15. Consider the representation below which shows the earth. Let A and B be points on
the prime meridian (that is the meridian that forms the "GMT+0"-time zone).
Assume that 12 evenly spaced meridians are shown.
A
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B
15.1. How many great circles occur on the representation above? Explain your
answer.
15.2. What is the antipode of A? Explain your answer.
15.3. Suppose the local time at point B is 10:00 in the morning. Calculate how late
it will beat that moment at point C.
15.4. Which latitude is a great circle?
Transcribed Image Text:14. Is the Tropic of Capricorn a great circle? Justify/ explain your answer 15. Consider the representation below which shows the earth. Let A and B be points on the prime meridian (that is the meridian that forms the "GMT+0"-time zone). Assume that 12 evenly spaced meridians are shown. A 0% B 15.1. How many great circles occur on the representation above? Explain your answer. 15.2. What is the antipode of A? Explain your answer. 15.3. Suppose the local time at point B is 10:00 in the morning. Calculate how late it will beat that moment at point C. 15.4. Which latitude is a great circle?
8. On a plane, two triangles are said to be congruent if ...
9. Distinguish between the SAA and the HL conditions of congruency in plane
geometry
10. How is the measure of a lune defined?
11. Why is the distance in Euclidean geometry measured in units and the distance in
sphericalgeometry measured in degrees?
12. Why is it that there are no similar polygons in a sphere that are not congruent?
13. Where is the Tropic of Capricorn situated? Name three countries where you will find
it.
14. Is the Tropic of Capricorn a great circle? Justify/ explain your answer
Transcribed Image Text:8. On a plane, two triangles are said to be congruent if ... 9. Distinguish between the SAA and the HL conditions of congruency in plane geometry 10. How is the measure of a lune defined? 11. Why is the distance in Euclidean geometry measured in units and the distance in sphericalgeometry measured in degrees? 12. Why is it that there are no similar polygons in a sphere that are not congruent? 13. Where is the Tropic of Capricorn situated? Name three countries where you will find it. 14. Is the Tropic of Capricorn a great circle? Justify/ explain your answer
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