SOLUTION: If you are looking at the horizon, you can determine the distance you are from the horizon in miles, D, from a height, h, in feet by the equation of D = 1.2 square root h . If you

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Question 948320: If you are looking at the horizon, you can determine the distance you are from the horizon in miles, D, from a height, h, in feet by the equation of D = 1.2 square root h . If you are standing on a mountain top that is 12,000 feet in elevation, how far are you from the horizon? Show how you solved the problem by using correct mathematical symbols and by explaining thoroughly in words each step.
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If you are looking at the horizon, you can determine the distance you are from the horizon in miles, D, from a height, h, in feet by the equation of D = 1.2 square root h .
If you are standing on a mountain top that is 12,000 feet in elevation, how far are you from the horizon?
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The equation
d = 1.2%2Asqrt%28h%29
h = 12000
d = 1.2%2Asqrt%2812000%29
find the square root of 12000
d = 1.2 * 109.5445
d = 131.45 miles to the horizon