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10. I can use a yardstick to measure the length of the mountainskyline accurately.

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Answer:

No.

Step-by-step explanation:

The view of the skyline depends on the observer. The farther away the observer is, the smaller the skyline looks ( meaning, the mountain skyline occupies a smaller portion of the sky. Therefore, a yardstick, which is a universal measure of length cannot be used to measure mountain skylines. A better approach would be to use angles and see how much angle a skyline subtends in the sky. It is for this reason, we measure the diameter of the moon as measured from the earth in terms of degrees. This gives a good feel of how much 'space' does the moon occupy in the sky.

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