Saturday, December 26, 2009

Ocean Express Online HELP With Physics : A Person Is Standing At The Edge Of The Water And Looking Out At The Ocean?

HELP with Physics : A person is standing at the edge of the water and looking out at the ocean? - ocean express online

The eye of the person who is above the water, H = 1.8 m and the Earth's radius is R = 6.37 x 10 ^ 6 m.

(a) How far is the horizon? In other words, what is the distance of human eyes to the horizon? (Note: On the horizon is the angle between the viewing direction and the radius of the Earth 90 degrees.)

(b) Express this distance in miles.

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