SOLUTION: New York City, United States and Bogota, Columbia lie on approximately the same meridian. New York City has latitude approximately 40.5° N (40°28'12'') and Bogota has latitude appr
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Question 857200: New York City, United States and Bogota, Columbia lie on approximately the same meridian. New York City has latitude approximately 40.5° N (40°28'12'') and Bogota has latitude approximately 4.6° N (4°35'59''). Find the distance between the two cities. (The radius of the earth is approximately 3,960 miles. Round your answer to the nearest mile.)
I'm guessing to use the area of a circle? Not sure how to set this up :( help is greatly appreciated! Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! New York City, United States and Bogota, Columbia lie on approximately the same meridian.
New York City has latitude approximately 40.5° N (40°28'12'') and Bogota has latitude approximately 4.6° N (4°35'59'').
Find the distance between the two cities. (The radius of the earth is approximately 3,960 miles. Round your answer to the nearest mile.)
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Find the number of degrees between N.Y and Bogota
40.5 - 4.6 = 35.9 degrees
Find the circumference
C =
C = 24881.4 miles, that's 360 degrees
Find the distance represented by 35.9 degrees * 24881.4 = 2,481 miles
