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

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

Round to the nearest tenth.

A skydiver is at an altitude of 1.4 mi above the earth’s surface.

From the skydiver’s viewpoint, what is the distance to the horizon?

Round to the nearest tenth.

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[Distance to the Horizon]^2 =Height of the skydiver x Diameter of the Earth

D^2 = 1.4 x 7918

D^2 = 11,085.2

D = Sqrt(11,085.2)

D = ~ 105.28628......miles - Distance to Horizon.

Guest May 7, 2017
edited by Guest  May 7, 2017
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The  side of the triangle with a length of 3959 + 1.4   is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with the Earth's radius forming another leg.....the distance from the skydiver to the horizon, "x" is given by :

sqrt[ (3969 + 1.4)^2  - 3969^2 ]  ≈ 105.296 miles

CPhill  May 8, 2017
edited by CPhill  May 8, 2017
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What is the distance to the earth’s horizon

Tangent Secant Theorem

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

Round to the nearest tenth.

r = 3959 mi

$$x^2 = 15.6 \cdot (15.6 + 2\cdot 3959) \\ x = 351.8\ \text{mi}$$

A skydiver is at an altitude of 1.4 mi above the earth’s surface.

From the skydiver’s viewpoint, what is the distance to the horizon?

Round to the nearest tenth.

r = 3959 mi

$$x^2 = 1.4\cdot (1.4 + 2\cdot 3959) \\ x = 105.3\ \text{mi}$$

heureka  May 8, 2017

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