Question

Moscow, the capital city of Russia, is at 37.62 degrees longitude and 55.75 degrees latitude. Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil, is at -47.87 degrees longitude and -15.8 degrees latitude.

Write an expression to find the distance (in degrees) between the longitude lines of Moscow and Brasilia. Use absolute value in your expression.

Answer 1

help plz

Answer 2

For distance in JUST longitude, you're just subtracting and taking the absolute value of longitudes given.

Let the longitude of Moscow = A and the longitude of Brasilia = B. The expression for it would be ||A|-|B|| or ||B|-|A||

Answer 3

then you can go ahead and plug the values in

Answer 4

So smart!!!!!

Answer 5

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