SOLUTION: The hubble telescope is orbiting earth 600 km above earth's surface. Earth's radius is about 6370km. use pythagoream theorem to find the disance x from thee telescope to earth's ho

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Question 182793This question is from textbook tenessee geometry
: The hubble telescope is orbiting earth 600 km above earth's surface. Earth's radius is about 6370km. use pythagoream theorem to find the disance x from thee telescope to earth's horizon. round to the nearest km. I no the answer is 2830km. I need to no how to get that answerThis question is from textbook tenessee geometry

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