where LAT_N is the northern latitude and LONG_W is the western longitude

why this sentence didnot make any matter for this query?

100% Working Simple and easy :-)

SELECT CITY,STATE FROM STATION;

You will get the correct answer by removing*/ symbols and write just a query Select City, State From Station;

MySQL code-

SELECT city, state
FROM station;

Don't know why the */ symbols are there suddenly? Confusing for those of us very new to SQL as if you put your code where it suggests the request doesn't work. Assume it's a comment syntax?