document.write( "Question 585093: A satellite is 4,600 miles from the horizon. Earth's radius is 4,000 miles. What is the distance of the satellite from earth's surface. I was doing 8,600 squared=4,000 squared +x squared. I get 7,613. Not one of my choices. Choices are 6,096, 8,600, 2,096 or 7315. \n" ); document.write( "
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4000^2+4600^2=x^2
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