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Find the parallel of latitude along a journey of 166 km makes a change of 4 degrees in longitude .
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Answered by oobleck
The earth's radius is 6378 km
at a latitude of θ, the radius is 6378 cosθ
So, you want
6378 cosθ * 4/360 * 2π = 166
θ = 68.1°
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