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The question of distance between two straight lines arises only when they are parallel. The given lines are parallel. If the equations of parallel lines are ax + by + c = 0 and ax + by + c' = 0, then the perpendicular distance between them is given by. p = l c - c' l / sqrt ( a^2 + b^2 )
Latitude lines are parallel to the equator, and each 1Â° difference is the same distance (about 111 km or 69 miles). Longitude lines (meridians) represent the division of the (nominally) spherical Earth into its component 360 degrees of arc.