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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Explorer: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Grumman: [b]''Btw, I see two ways of determining the 'middle' of the African continent. One is by determining the area of the landmass,...''[/b] ...yes, at its widest points, north and south, east and west, and in this case the upper portion, then doing the necessary math to reduce the land mass into its equal components at the center position. [b]However this will be a tall order with the southern, eastern portion of the continent because of the way its geography is and still maintain it within the northern portion's position.[/b] That said a trigonometric way probably will, somehow, place the total African landmass together for that purpose but [b]it will leave undecided the center position of the lower part because of its easterly offset.[/b] Kind of like hammering the total mass out on a flat board and then trying to reassemble it into its original location and at the same time trying to maintain the center spot. [/QUOTE]Which in plain English would be...? LOL. BTW, finding the area of the continent takes (supposed to) into account every part of its width across the entire landmass's figure or within that familiar curvature of the continent, so I'm not sure where you are going with this... [i]at its widest points, north and south, east and west, and in this case the upper portion, then doing the necessary math to reduce the land mass into its equal components at the center position.[/i] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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