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2 years ago

What is the distance to the earth’s horizon from point P?

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Klio2033 [76]2 years ago

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The distance to the earth’s horizon from point P is 281.6 miles

<h3>How to determine the distance to the earth’s horizon from point P?</h3>

The tangent line from P meets the radius of the earth at a right angle.

This means that the triangle is a right triangle.

The length of x is then calculated as:

(3959 + 10)^2= 3959^2 + x^2

Rewrite as:

x^2 = (3959 + 10)^2- 3959^2

Evaluate

x^2 = 79280

Take the square root of both sides

x = 281.6

Hence, the distance to the earth’s horizon from point P is 281.6 miles

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