An equal-area map projection
A)preserves the true areas of continents at the expense of their true shapes.
B)preserves both true shapes and true areas of continents.
C)preserves the true shapes of continents at the expense of their true areas.
D)preserves neither true shapes or true areas of continents

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An equal-area map projection preserves the true areas of continents, but distorts their shapes. This is because the map projection tries to represent the Earth's surface in a way that each unit of area on the map corresponds to an equal unit of area on the Earth's surface, which leads to the stretching and squeezing of the shapes of landmasses.

An Equal-Area Map Projection