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difference between shortest path and alternate path
If you mean by the words "direct route" the shortest distance between two places, distances between two places are shortest at the equator, because of the shape of the planet. If you mean which direction should be traveled to minimize distance, the route taken should be as straight a line as possible.
There are several possible routes between Bethlehem, PA, and Washington, DC. The shortest is about 190 miles.
The shortest distance between any two points is called displacement.
The shortest route between two points is a straight line. But since the Earth is round (try bending a ruler along the surface of a basketball or something), the shortest route between two points on a globe will look like a curve when seen o a flat map. And since people wanted Titanic to cross the Atlantic as fast as possible, the shortest route possible is also the most northern route, and she ended up in iceberg territory.
Their height. One is the highest, and one is the shortest.
The shortest distance between Florida and Cuba is approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) across the Straits of Florida.
the distance between the earth and sun is shortest in the month of...
A Straight Line is always the shortest distance between two points.
the shortest air route is a great circle
2471 miles is the shortest driving distance.