menu
Qammunity
Login
Register
My account
Edit my Profile
Private messages
My favorites
Ask a Question
Questions
Unanswered
Tags
Categories
Ask a Question
What is the approximate distance between Portland, Oregon (45° north, 122° west), and San Francisco, California (37° north, 122° west). Use 3,960 miles for the radius of Earth.
asked
Nov 19, 2017
78.6k
views
3
votes
What is the approximate distance between Portland, Oregon
(45° north, 122° west), and San Francisco, California (37° north, 122° west). Use 3,960 miles for the radius of Earth.
Mathematics
high-school
Jesus Bejarano
asked
by
Jesus Bejarano
8.2k
points
answer
comment
share this
share
0 Comments
Please
log in
or
register
to add a comment.
Please
log in
or
register
to answer this question.
1
Answer
4
votes
5669.71 km
Working
The two cities are located on the same longitude.
The formula for the distance then is;
Distance =
*2*π*3960
where
∅ is the latitude difference-add the latitudes as they are on different sides.
Distance =
*2*
*3960
=5669.71 km
Alex Jorgenson
answered
Nov 25, 2017
by
Alex Jorgenson
7.0k
points
ask related question
comment
share this
0 Comments
Please
log in
or
register
to add a comment.
← Prev Question
Next Question →
Related questions
asked
Oct 12, 2017
127k
views
hat is the approximate distance between Portland, Oregon (45° north, 122° west), and San Francisco, California (37° north, 122° west). Use 3,960 miles for the radius of Earth
Yodacheese
asked
Oct 12, 2017
by
Yodacheese
8.3k
points
Mathematics
high-school
2
answers
5
votes
127k
views
asked
Jan 23, 2017
24.6k
views
What is the approximate distance between Portland, Oregon (45° north, 122° west), and San Francisco, California (37° north, 122° west). Use 3,960 miles for the radius of Earth. 258 miles 553 miles 720
Jeson Dias
asked
Jan 23, 2017
by
Jeson Dias
7.9k
points
Mathematics
high-school
2
answers
4
votes
24.6k
views
asked
Jun 14, 2016
141k
views
Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A. Three western cities I would like to visit are San Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. B. Three western cities I would like to visit
Joncys
asked
Jun 14, 2016
by
Joncys
8.9k
points
English
high-school
2
answers
5
votes
141k
views
Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.
9.4m
questions
12.2m
answers
Other Questions
How do you can you solve this problem 37 + y = 87; y =
What is .725 as a fraction
How do you estimate of 4 5/8 X 1/3
A bathtub is being filled with water. After 3 minutes 4/5 of the tub is full. Assuming the rate is constant, how much longer will it take to fill the tub?
i have a field 60m long and 110 wide going to be paved i ordered 660000000cm cubed of cement how thick must the cement be to cover field
Twitter
WhatsApp
Facebook
Reddit
LinkedIn
Email
Link Copied!
Copy
Search Qammunity