Respuesta :

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

Answer:

[tex]646[/tex] miles.

Explanation:

Let us first know the distance between the north of the center of Houston and  center of Kansas City which is [tex]9.344[/tex]degrees.

The radius of earth is [tex]6371[/tex] kilometer.

The circumference of the earth is [tex]24900[/tex] miles

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

[tex]\frac{9.344}{360} * 24900[/tex]

[tex]= 646[/tex] miles