Word Problem #2
On one night, a scientist needs to determine the
distance she is away from the International Space
Station. At the specific time she is determining this the
space station distance they are both on the same line of
longitude 77' E. Furthermore, she is on a latitude of 29°
N and the space station is orbiting just above a latitude
of 61.4° N. In short, the central angle between the two
is 32.4°. If the Earth's radius is 3959 miles and the
space station orbits 205 miles above the surface of the
Earth, then how far is the scientist away from the space
station?
205 mi
3959 miles
324 CE
A
3959 miles