SOLUTION: The diameter of the earth is approximately 8000 miles. Heavenly Helen, in a spaceship 100 miles above the earth, sights Earthly Earnest coming over the horizon. Approximately how f
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Question 976525: The diameter of the earth is approximately 8000 miles. Heavenly Helen, in a spaceship 100 miles above the earth, sights Earthly Earnest coming over the horizon. Approximately how far apart are Helen and Earnest?
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Thanks Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
The distance from H to E is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs that are 4100 miles long (from H to the center of the earth) and 4000 miles long (from E to the center of the earth). Use Pythagoras to calculate the measure of the hypotenuse.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
