A person is standing at the edge of the water and looking out at the ocean (see

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A person is standing at the edge of the water and looking out at the ocean (see the drawing). The height of the person's eyes above the water is h = 1.6 m, and the radius of the earth is R = 6.38 × 106 m.
(a) How far is it to the horizon? In other words, what is the distance d from the person's eyes to the horizon? (At the horizon the angle between the line of sight and the radius of the earth is 908.)
(b) Express this distance in miles?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-1118486894

10th edition

Authors: David Young, Shane Stadler

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