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Observers at locations due north and due south of a rocket Launchpad sight a rocket at a height of 10 km. Assume that the curvature of Earth is negligible and that the rocket's trajectory at the time is perpendicular to the ground. How far apart are the observers if their angles of elevation to the rocket are 80.5 and 68.0?

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