A glass sphere has radius R = 5.5 cm and index of refraction 1.7. A paperweight is constructed by slicing through the sphere along a plane that is 2.0 cm from the center of the sphere, leaving height h = 3.5 cm. The paperweight is placed on a table and viewed from directly above by an observer who is distance d = 11 cm from the tabletop (the figure below). When viewed through the paperweight, how far away does the tabletop appear to be to the observer?

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