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1 February, 08:26

Earth has a radius of 6371 kilometers. A pilot is flying at a steady altitude of 5.6 kilometers above the earth's surface.

What is the pilot's distance to the horizon?

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  1. 1 February, 08:32
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    As the Earth has a radius of 6371 kilometers and pilot is flying at a steady altitude of 5.6 kilometers above the earth's surface. This forms a right angled triangle of perendicular 6371km and hypotenuse of (6371+5.6) km. The pilot's distance to the horizon will be the Base. Hence by pythagoras theorem we have Distance=276.5km rounding of = 280km
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