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What is the distance to the earth's horizon from point P? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round only your final answer to the nearest tenth.

What is the distance to the earth's horizon from point P? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round only your final answer to the nearest tenth.
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What is the distance to the earth's horizon from point P?

Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round only your final
answer to the nearest tenth.

What is the distance to the earth's horizon from point P? Enter your answer as a decimal-example-1
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User Flashburn
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Answer: 351.8

Explanation:

Assuming a tangent is drawn, by the Pythagorean theorem,


x=\sqrt{(3959+15.6)^(2)-3959^(2)} \approx \boxed{351.8}

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