SOLUTION: If the laditude of Chicago is about 42 Degrees and the radius of the earth is about 4000 miles, how far is Chicago from the equator? (use pi = 3.1416)

Question 94058This question is from textbook
: If the laditude of Chicago is about 42 Degrees and the radius of the earth is about 4000 miles, how far is Chicago from the equator? (use pi = 3.1416) This question is from textbook

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the laditude of Chicago is about 42 Degrees and the radius of the earth is about 4000 miles, how far is Chicago from the equator? (use pi = 3.1416)
----------------
The circumference of the earth = pi*d = 8000(pi)
--------------------
Let x be the distance of Chicago from the equation
x = (42/360)*8000pi
x = 2932.15 miles
======================
Cheers,
Stan H.
RELATED QUESTIONS
If the latitude of Chicago is about 42 degrees and the radius of the earth is about 4000... (answered by HyperBrain)

If the latitude of Chicago is about 42 degrees and the radius of the earth is about 4000... (answered by Theo)

if the latitude of chicago is 42degrees and the radius of the earth is 4000 miles. how... (answered by dabanfield)

please please help me with this problem.ive tried and tried and i still cant get the... (answered by Nate)

the distance from Chicago to Los Angeles is about 2,190 miles. About how many hours will... (answered by Alan3354)

Suppose a space shuttle is orbiting about 180 miles above Earth. What is the distance... (answered by dabanfield)

The distance from Cleveland to Pittsburgh is about 2/5 of the distance from Cleveland to... (answered by rfer)

The radius of the earth is about 3959 miles. How far apart are two points on the... (answered by Alan3354)

Earth�s radius is approximately 4000 mi. About two-thirds of Earth�s surface is covered (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)