Question

Approximately how far north of houston is kansas city use degrees of latitude to calculate your answer

Answer 1

Straightline, about 660 miles, or about 10 degrees of latitude.

Answer 2

`646` miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us first know the distance between the north of the center of Houston and center of Kansas City which is
`9.344`degrees.

The radius of earth is
`6371` kilometer.

The circumference of the earth is
`24900` miles

As per geometry the distance between two places separated by a degrees is given by

`(9.344)/(360) * 24900`

`= 646` miles