How far is the ship from shore?
Answer to Problem 54AYU
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
A person who is
Consider radius of earth is
Calculation:
Consider the illustration,
Draw two radii from the center of the earth, one through the Atlantic Ocean and other to the farthest point a person can see from the shore.
We know that
Applly pythagorean Theorem to the right triangle,
Hence the distance of ship from the shore is
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