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Find the distance (departure) to the nearest whole mile between

initial position 50° 00' N 02° 00' W

and 50° 00' N 01° 26' W 


Set Latitude lat1=50Set Longitude lon1=2Set Latitude lat2=50Set Longitude lon2=126=4330


cos(g)=cos(90lat1)cos(90lat2)+sin(90lat1)sin(90lat2)cos(lon2lon1)with g: Great circle distanceSince cos(90°a)=sin(a) and sin(90°a)=cos(a) applies, the formula simplifies to: cos(g)=sin(lat1)sin(lat2)+cos(lat1)cos(lat2)cos(lon2lon1)dist=6378.388π/180gwith dist: distance in km 

 

cos(g)=sin(50)sin(50)+cos(50)cos(50)cos(126(2))cos(g)=sin(50)2+cos(50)2cos(126+2)cos(g)=sin(50)2+cos(50)2cos(4330+2)cos(g)=sin(50)2+cos(50)2cos(1730)cos(g)=0.58682408883+0.41317591117cos(0.56666666667)cos(g)=0.58682408883+0.413175911170.99995109238cos(g)=0.99997979255g=arccos(0.99997979255)g=0.36424544098dist=6378.388π/1800.36424544098dist=40.5492126920 kmdist=40.5492126920 km1.609344kmmi=25.1961126347 mi

 

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23.01.2017