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ASU Home My ASU Colleges & Schools Map& Locations Contact Us Jose Guzm Organizations Help Question Completion Status: > Moving to the next question prevents changes to this answer. Question Question 10 1 pointsa Please calculate the distance between the Hamilton Grange Monument and Santa Monica Pier in miles to the second decimal using the Pythagorean Equation the following coordinates for each: Hamilton Grange Coordinates: Latitiude 40.82135 Longitude 73.9473 Santa Monica Pier Coordinates: Latitiude 34.01009 Longitude -118.496 Question 10 4 Moving to the next question prevents changes to this answer

Solution

You cant use pythagorean equation diraectly here since the distance is very large

Using Spherical law of cosines

d=2acos(sinx₁.sinx₂+cosx₁.cosx₂.cos((y₂-y₁)/2)).R

a=sin²((x₂-x₁)/2)+cosx₁.cosx₂.sin²((y₂-y₁)/2)

where x is latitude y is longitude

therfore d=4110km