Question

Chicago, Illinois, has a longitude of 88 degrees W and a latitude of 42 degrees N. Indianapolis, Indiana, is located at 86 degrees W and 40 degrees N. at this long a toot / latitude each degree is about 53 miles. Find the distance between Chicago and Indianapolis. please help, I seriously don't get this. 25 points to whoever gets this.​

Answer 1

149.9

Explanation:

If we make the "invalid" assumption that the triangle formed is flat, then we have a right-angled triangle with sides 2 and 2.

Let x be the hypotenuse of our triangle

x^2 = 2^2+2^2 = 8

x =√8 units on our grid

distance =53√8 or 149.9 miles

Answer 2

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