document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1153937>Question 1153937</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose the distance a person can see to the horizon is approximated by the function D(h)=1.3*square root of h, where D is the number of miles a person can see to the horizon from a height of h feet.  Jay is on the deck of a boat and can see 5.2 miles to the horizon. What is his height above the water? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=D%28h%29=1.3%2Asqrt%28+h%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"D%28h%29=1.3%2Asqrt%28+h%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the number of miles a person can see to the horizon from a height of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > feet. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if Jay is on the deck of a boat and can see <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles to the horizon:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "his height above the water is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > feet\r<BR>\n" );
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