Question

One degree of latitude on the earth’s surface equals 60.0
nautical miles. One nautical mile equals 1.151 statute miles.
(A statute mile is the distance over land that we normally associate
with the unit mile.) Calculate the circumference of the earth in
statute miles.

Answer 1

There are 180 degrees of latitude that span the Earth's circumference.
Each degree is 60 na6utical miles.
Each nautical mile is 1.151 statute miles.
180 * 60 * 1.151 = How many statute miles?