Cupid Cutting Her Course: How Far Did She Go?
Challenge Question #7 asked, “How far did Cupid travel between 01/26/03 and 02/09/03? How did you calculate the distance?” Many of you took this challenge. Rachael gave us a great description of her steps and she calculated correctly! Cupid traveled 39 miles. Here is what Rachael wrote: “The distance between 65:22:00N 138:42:00E and 65:55:00N 138:27:00E, as the crow flies = 39 miles (62 km) (34 nautical miles). I calculated this problem by using the steps that were on the web site. I changed the Degrees Decimal into Degrees Minutes. Then I plugged those numbers into the website that was offered to calculate the distance. Cupid traveled 39 miles. Rachel” “We believe Cupid has traveled 38 miles. We hope we’re right,” wrote Corey Corson, Ben Hollabaugh, Aaron Knight, and Ashley Ramey of Pymatuning Valley Middle School in Andover, Ohio.
