How far was your trip to this workshop?

Go to (http://www.indo.com/distance) and find out what your distance was "as the crow flies." ________. Is there a way you can confirm this distance with a calculation?

Go to (http://www.mapquest.com)* and see what the distance is "door to door." ___________

• Which distance was longer and why?
• Compare the estimated time with the time it took you. Which was longer?
• What was your average speed?

• Use the scale on a roadmap to estimate the distance.
• Use Mapquest to give you "door to door" directions.
• What is the "as the crow flies" distance?

A group of friends attending college in New York City decide during spring vacaton to visit friends by car in the following cities: Boston, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. There are many choices as to the order of visiting the cities and returning to New York City, but the friends want to design a route that minimizes the amount of time they will be traveling while maximizing the time visiting with their friends.

• Use one of the websites above to find the distance between towns.
• Find the minimum length trip for the friends to take to visit the three cities and to return to New York City.
• Explain why you think it is the minimum distance and the mentod you used to find it.