How many miles long are the degrees of latitude and longitude?

You can use the fascinating lines of latitude and longitude to invent 1,000 brain teasing games. As you know, they are sectioned in degrees with 360 degrees to the circle. Challenging queries begin when you realize that the length of a degree ranges from nothing to more than 69 miles.


That answer came from GO Ask Andy . com

Fortunately the answer was for a 14-year-old so I was able to understand the language. The entire answer has about six or seven paragraphs.