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PLEASE HELP ASAP! A mountain climber is at an altitude of 2.9 mi above the earth’s surface.

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



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PLEASE HELP ASAP A mountain climber is at an altitude of 29 mi above the earths surface From the climbers viewpoint what is the distance to the horizon Enter yo class=

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You can use Pythagorean theorm to solve.

[tex]a^2 + b^2 = c^2[/tex]
C = 3959 + 2.9 = 3961.9

x = ???? = a
b = 3959
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[tex]a^2 + b^2 = c^2[/tex]
[tex]a^2 + 3959^2 = 3961.9^2[/tex]
[tex]a^2 + 15673681 = 15696651.61[/tex]
[tex]a^2 = 22970.61[/tex]
[tex]\sqrt{a^2} = sqrt{22970.61}[/tex]
[tex]a = 151.560[/tex]
[tex]x = 151.560[/tex]
[tex]x = 151.6[/tex]

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