Earth has a radius of 6371 kilometers. A pilot is flying at a steady altitude of 5.6 kilometers above the earth's surface.

What is the pilot's distance to the horizon?

Enter your answer, rounded to the nearest tenth, in the box.

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Madelynn Forbes

11 July, 10:53

Earth has a radius of 6371 kilometers. A pilot is flying at a steady altitude of 5.6 kilometers above the earth's surface.

What is the pilot's distance to the horizon?

Enter your answer, rounded to the nearest tenth, in the box.

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Amya Berry · Answer 1

As the Earth has a radius of 6371 kilometers and pilot is flying at a steady altitude of 5.6 kilometers above the earth's surface. This forms a right angled triangle of perendicular 6371km and hypotenuse of (6371+5.6) km. The pilot's distance to the horizon will be the Base. Hence by pythagoras theorem we have Distance=276.5km rounding of = 280km

Earth has a radius of 6371 kilometers. A pilot is flying at a steady altitude of 5.6 kilometers above the earth's surface.What is the pilot's distance to the horizon?Enter your answer, rounded to the nearest tenth, in the box.

Earth has a radius of 6371 kilometers. A pilot is flying at a steady altitude of 5.6 kilometers above the earth's surface.

What is the pilot's distance to the horizon?

Enter your answer, rounded to the nearest tenth, in the box.