document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=980515>Question 980515</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Good day, can you please help me with this question?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Miami, Florida, lie approximately on the same meridian.  Pittsburgh has a latitude of 40.5° N and Miami, 25.5° N.  Find the distance between these two cities.  (The radius of the earth is 3960 miles)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The difference of latitudes is 40.5° - 25.5° = 15°.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, &nbsp;we need to find the length of the arc of &nbsp;15°&nbsp; of the circle of the radius &nbsp;3960 miles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is &nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2Api%2A3960%2A15%2F360 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2Api%2A3960%2A15%2F360\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A3.14%2A3960%2F24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A3.14%2A3960%2F24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1036.2 miles. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<B>Answer</B>. &nbsp;The distance between these two cities is about &nbsp;1036 mies.\r<BR>\n" );
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