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 answer This question is from textbook tenessee geometry

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6370%5E2%2BX%5E2=%286370%2B600%29%5E2
6370%5E2%2BX%5E2=%286970%29%5E2
X%5E2=%286970%29%5E2-%286370%29%5E2
X%5E2=8004000
X=2829