Usain wants to know how high the sun appears to be over the horizon. Using a sextant, he measures the angle made between the horizon and the sun and finds it to be 41°. How high does the sun appear to be over the horizon?
+130466 Well....this depends upon the relative distance to the horizon for the observer......the distance for a person of average height standing at sea level is about 2.9 miles
So......the sun's apparent height, h, above the horizon is given by
h = 2.9* tan(41) ≈ 2.52 miles above the horizon
