SOLUTION: Find the distance from Panama City, Panama, 9 deg N, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 40 deg N. Assume they lie on the same north-south line on the earth. Use R=6500km for radius of t

Question 1159048: Find the distance from Panama City, Panama, 9 deg N, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 40 deg N. Assume they lie on the same north-south line on the earth. Use R=6500km for radius of the Earth.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the distance from Panama City, Panama, 9 deg N, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 40 deg N. Assume they lie on the same north-south line on the earth. Use R=6500km for radius of the Earth.
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Find C, the circumference of the Earth.
40 - 9 = 31 degs
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distance = C*(31/360)
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