The following will return an input out of error as the acos() function
cannot be -1 <= x <= 1.

SELECT * FROM
                (SELECT *, (3959 * acos(cos(radians(37.7438640)) *
cos(radians(37.7438640)) * cos(radians(-97.4631299) -
                radians(-97.4631299)) + sin(radians(37.7438640)) *
sin(radians(37.7438640))))
                AS distance
                FROM foo) AS distances
                WHERE distance < 10
                ORDER BY distance

If I break this down the following returns 1:
SELECT (cos(radians(37.7438640)) * cos(radians(37.7438640)) *
cos(radians(-97.4631299) - radians(-97.4631299)) + sin(radians(37.7438640))
* sin(radians(37.743864000)));

acos(1) would give me 0.

Thoughts or workaround suggestions?

Thanks.
--Vince--

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