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?
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The equation
d = {{{1.2*sqrt(h)}}}
h = 12000
d = {{{1.2*sqrt(12000)}}}
find the square root of 12000
d = 1.2 * 109.5445
d = 131.45 miles to the horizon