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In air travel, the shortest distance between two points is accurate for north to south routes, but not east to west routes.

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the shortest distance between two points is a straight line so false
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This statement is false owing to the shortest paths to do in air travel is a great circle drawn on the surface of the Earth because it has a form like a sphere. A great circle is the intersection of the sphere with a plane trough the origin.

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