document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=289048>Question 289048</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if the latitude of chicago is 42degrees and the radius of the earth is 4000 miles. how far is chicago from the equator?   please help me im not sure how to go about this. thanks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The angle between the equator and Chicago is 42 degrees. The arc on the circumference of the earth then is also 42 degrees. Since the circle of the earth is 360 degrees, the arc length is 42/360 of the circumference. The circumference is 2*pi*r where r is the radius. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of the arc from the equator to Chicago then is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2*pi*4000)*(42/360) </SPAN>\n" );
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