The distance of the earth's horizon from point p is 284.372 miles.
Pythagoras Theorem
In a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse side is equal to the sum of squares of the other two sides [tex]Hypotenuse^{2} = Perpendicular^{2} + Base^{2}[/tex]
How to find the distance between earth and point p?
Here also we have a right angle triangle so to find the remaining side we use Pythagoras Theorem.
[tex]3959^{2} + x^{2} =(3959+10.2)^{2}[/tex]
[tex]3959^{2} + x^{2} = (3969.2)^{2}[/tex]
[tex]x^{2} = 80867.64[/tex]
x = 284.372 miles
Thus the distance of the earth's horizon from point p is 284.372 miles.
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