awesome, thanks for your help guys, we actually did end up figuring it out... my group members and I... and using the right angle trigonometry does indeed work, so thanks for the clarification! many thanks
My pals and I are stuck trying to figure out the radius of Earth at those 53 degrees and 62 degrees latitude. once we figure out how to do that, everything else will be very simple. does anyone know how to calculate the Earth's radius depending on the degree of latitude?
Here is the 3 part question:
Latitude and Longitude Discuss and explain the latitude and longitude
measurements on the Earth. Explain what is meant by a great circle, a
parallel and a meridian. Assume the Earth is a sphere with the equator
circumference of 40, 075 km.
(a) An airplane...