Suppose that, while lying on a beach near the equator of a far-off planet watching the sun set over a calm ocean, you start a stopwato just as the top of the sun disappears. You then stand, elevating your eyes by a height H = 1.59 m, and stop the watch when the top of the sun again disappears. If the elapsed time is t = 10.4 s, what is the radius r of the planet to two significant figures? Notice that duration of a solar day at the far-off planet is the same that is on Earth. (Hint: See Sample Problem 1-4.) Number Units

Suppose that, while lying on a beach near the equator of a far-off planet watching the sun set over a calm ocean, you start a stopwato just as the top of the sun disappears. You then stand, elevating your eyes by a height H = 1.59 m, and stop the watch when the top of the sun again disappears. If the elapsed time is t = 10.4 s, what is the radius r of the planet to two significant figures? Notice that duration of a solar day at the far-off planet is the same that is on Earth. (Hint: See Sample Problem 1-4.) Number Units

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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