SOLUTION: From a 220 feet high lighthouse in the Bahamas island of Nassau, a person sees a ship on the horizon. Due to the curvature of earth, how far is the ship from the lighthouse?
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Question 491601: From a 220 feet high lighthouse in the Bahamas island of Nassau, a person sees a ship on the horizon. Due to the curvature of earth, how far is the ship from the lighthouse?
•Use the formula: d = sqrt[3h/2], where d is the distance in nautical miles and h is the height in feet.
Provide a similar example of when you were close to the beach, or elsewhere. Estimate how high above sea level you are and find how far the ship is from you.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! From a 220 feet high lighthouse in the Bahamas island of Nassau, a person sees a ship on the horizon.
Due to the curvature of earth, how far is the ship from the lighthouse?
•Use the formula: d = sqrt[3h/2], where d is the distance in nautical miles and h is the height in feet.
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d = 18.165 nautical miles
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Provide a similar example of when you were close to the beach, or elsewhere.
Estimate how high above sea level you are and find how far the ship is from you
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You'll have to do this yourself, if you right at the water's edge and are average height, your eye level is about 5.5 ft, substitute this for h in the formula, to find the distance to an object on the horizon
