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I used Google Maps to determine that the distance between Miami, FL and Portland, OR is approximately 3,378 miles. The percentage error would roughly be 1.18, I believe that the reason for the source of error could be many things. Online maps can be off depending on what routes they decide you should take as well as where they deem the city is. Both Portland and Miami are large cities, and the maps choose (roughly) the center of each to pinpoint the entire city on their map, the point that they chose to class the city and the point that the vectors were on may have been different. Either of the sources, where the locations came from or Google Maps, could also be outdated, locations and distances can change over time. I think the map is more likely to be accurate only because I don’t know the source where the latitude and the longitude point location came from.

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I used Google Maps to determine that the distance between Miami, FL and Portland, OR is approximately 3,378 miles. The margin of error is roughly 1.18%. I believe there could be various reasons for this error, including inaccuracies in online maps due to the routes they suggest and the way they define the city's location. Since both Portland and Miami are large cities, the maps may choose the central point of each city, which could differ from the actual locations used to calculate the distance. Additionally, the locations and distances provided by the source or Google Maps may be outdated. Overall, I trust the accuracy of the map more than the source of the latitude and longitude points used.