SOLUTION: The diameter of the earth is approximately 8000 miles. Heavenly Helen, in a spaceship 100 miles above the earth, sights Earthly Earnest coming over the horizon. Approximately how f
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Question 482336: The diameter of the earth is approximately 8000 miles. Heavenly Helen, in a spaceship 100 miles above the earth, sights Earthly Earnest coming over the horizon. Approximately how far apart are Helen and Earnest?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If Earnest (an odd spelling of Ernest) is on the surface of the Earth:
miles
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