Question

Radical Expressions: 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√h. If you are standing on a mountain top that is 12,000 feet in elevation, how far are you from the horizon?

Answer 1

just replace hin the equation by 1200 and work it out

Answer 2

* by 12000

Answer 3

Okay, so would it be:
√12000 = 20√30 * 1.2 = 131.453

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

Okay, thank you!

Answer 6

Would that be 131.453 miles or feet?

Answer 7

miles

Answer 8

okay, thanks

Answer 9

yw

Answer 10

says miles in the question