SOLUTION: The space shuttle orbits the earth at altitudes between 115 and 400 miles. A radar station at Cape Canaveral locates the shuttle at a distance of 247.5 miles. If the shuttle is at
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Question 95308: The space shuttle orbits the earth at altitudes between 115 and 400 miles. A radar station at Cape Canaveral locates the shuttle at a distance of 247.5 miles. If the shuttle is at an altitude of 211.3 miles, then how far is it from the station?
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Kittie
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A radar station at Cape Canaveral locates the shuttle at a distance of 247.5 miles. If the shuttle is at an altitude of 211.3 miles, then how far is it from the station?
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Draw the picture as a right triangle with base = x, altitude=211.3 and hypotenuse = 247.5
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Use Pythagoras:
247.5^2 = x^2 + 211.3^2
x^2 = 16608.56
x = 128.87 miles
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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