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 sqrt H . If you are sta

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Question 774891: 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 sqrt 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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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 sqrt 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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D = 1.2%2Asqrt%2812000%29
D = 1.2 * 109.5445
D = 131.453 miles