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Homework Statement
To attend the 2000 Summer Olympics, a fan flew from Mosselbaai, South Africa (34S, 22E) to Sydney, Australia (34S, 151E). (a) What is the smallest angular distance the fan has to travel: (1) 34 degrees (2) 12 degrees (3) 117 degrees (4) 129 degrees? Why?
(b) Determine the approximate shortest flight distance, in kilometers.
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The Attempt at a Solution
Am I just adding the vectors of the east directions? I assumed that when it asked for the quantity in angular distance that I needed to change the Cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates, and I do realize I will need to convert to radians and use S=r(theta) to solve part b, correct?
Any help or guidance at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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