Question: In taping down a hill with a 3 0 m steel tape the head tapeman held each time his end ( 3 0 m )

In taping down a hill with a 30 m steel tape the head tapeman held each time his end (30 m) of the tape 1.00 m lower than horizontal position (in order to tape longer distance each time). A distance of 510.000 m was measured this way. Compute the true horizontal distance between the two points ?

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