Chapter 6.1, Problem 123AYU

To determine

To explain: The reason for the use of nautical miles to measure distance in ships and airplanes and the difference between a nautical mile and a statute mile.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The given distance measurement units are nautical mile and statute mile.

Nautical mile is defined as the one minute of latitude along any line of longitude. In the open sky or in the open sea for the measurement of the distance, the latitude and the longitude can easily be known, and nautical mile relate these quantities to measure the distance. So, nautical mile is used to measure the distance for ships and airplanes.

The statute mile is used to measure the land distance while the nautical mile is used to measure the distance in the sky or in the sea.