Visibility Problem: Suppose that you are aboard a plane destined for Hawaii. The pilot
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Visibility Problem: Suppose that you are aboard a plane destined for Hawaii. The pilot announces that your altitude is 10 km. You decide to calculate how far away the horizon is. You draw a sketch as in Figure 6-7j and realize that you must calculate an arc length. You recall from geography that the radius of Earth is about 6400 km. How far away is the horizon along Earths curved surface? Surprising? Figure 6-7j
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