Lesson Plan

A Real Life Example of the Distance Formula

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Students answer the following question: "Using the lines of latitude and longitude, what is the distance (in degrees) if you were to travel from NASA Dryden to NASA Ames?" They use the distance formula to find the distance (measured in degrees) between these two locations.

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Grade
10th - 12th
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Math
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