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To Fit the Spherical Earth onto a Flat Map, a Mercator

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To fit the spherical Earth onto a flat map, a Mercator projection:


A) flattens the Earth like an orange peel.
B) shows lines of longitude curving up toward the poles.
C) stretches out the poles, depicting them with lines equal to the length of the equator.
D) perfectly represents the shapes of landmasses.

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