document.write( "Question 1138656: Assuming that Earth is a sphere of radius 6378 kilometers, what is the difference in the latitudes of Lynchburg, Virginia, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where Lynchburg is about 400 kilometers due north of Myrtle Beach? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the difference of latitudes (the larger minus the smaller), in degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 400,\r\n" );
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document.write( "where R is the Earth radius of 6378 kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It gives\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  =  = 3.595 degrees.   ANSWER  \r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.  Lynchburg, Virginia,latitude is           37.4138° N\r\n" );
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document.write( "        Myrtle Beach, South Carolina latitude is  33.6891° N\r\n" );
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document.write( "        The difference of latitudes is             3.725°\r\n" );
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