Question

help please!! thanks!

a satellite, B, is 17,000 miles from the horizon of earth. Earth's radius is about 4,000 miles. Find the approximate distance the satellite is from the Earth's surface.

Answer 1

@ElonaSushchik

Answer 2

i will medal

Answer 3

leg 1: 17000
leg 2: 4000
leg 3: x+4000

which allows us to say


17000^2 + 4000^2 = (x+4000)^2
x = sqrt(17000^2 + 4000^2) - 4000
x=?

Answer 4

Can u solve the problem?^

Answer 5

i can try

Answer 6

but do i do the addition in the first line first? so would i do 17000^2 + 4000 first?

Answer 7

yup..

Answer 8

i got 289,004,000

Answer 9

but since there are two 4000 would i subtract each side from 4000?

Answer 10

wait, i think i got it. would the answer be 13464m?