Question

Latitude measures the distance ( in degrees-north or south ) above the equator. The equator has a latitude of 0° . Your friend lives in a town 10 degrees north of Cleveland. Cleveland has a latitude of 40° N. If you reflect the town's location over the equator, what would be its new latitude?

a. 30° S
b. 40° N
c. 50° S
d. 50° N

Answer 1

The friend lives in a town that is 10° farther north than 40° N. The latitude of that town is 40° +10° = 50° N. When that latitude is reflected across the equator, N changes to S. The new latitude would be c. 50° S.