SOLUTION: If you leave Chicago (42N, 88W) at 12 pm and drive straight north at a speed of 65mph, about what time would you arrive at a place located at 47N and 88W?

Question 761654: If you leave Chicago (42N, 88W) at 12 pm and drive straight north at a speed of 65mph, about what time would you arrive at a place located at 47N and 88W?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you leave Chicago (42N, 88W) at 12 pm and drive straight north
at a speed of 65mph,
about what time would you arrive at a place located at 47N and 88W?
:
There is about 69 statute miles in one degree of latitude
69(47-42) = 345 mi
= 5.3 hr
You should arrive at about 5:18 PM

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