This question seems to me to be an exercise in applying the rule for a difference of squares in order to rewrite the difference of two relatively large numbers as the "simpler" product of other integers.
How do I solve this problem? Please help? ASAP
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The answer is <span>6.7 miles further.</span>
It is given:
Wyatt’s eye-level height - h₁<span> = 120ft
</span>Shawn’s eye-level height - h₂<span> = 270ft
The distance that Wyatt can see:
</span>
<span>The distance that Shawn can see:
</span>
The question is how <span>much farther can Shawn see to the horizon, so we need to subtract the results:
20.12 - 13.42 = 6.7 miles</span>
It is given:
Wyatt’s eye-level height - h₁<span> = 120ft
</span>Shawn’s eye-level height - h₂<span> = 270ft
The distance that Wyatt can see:
</span>
<span>The distance that Shawn can see:
</span>
The question is how <span>much farther can Shawn see to the horizon, so we need to subtract the results:
20.12 - 13.42 = 6.7 miles</span>