Question

A student visiting the Sears Tower Skydeck is 1353 feet above the ground. Find the distance the student can see to the horizon. Use the formula d = square root of 1.5h to approximate the distance d in miles to the horizon when h is the height of the viewer’s eyes above the ground in feet. Round to the nearest mile.

45 miles

601 miles

36 miles

1010 miles

Answer 1

`45\ miles`

Explanation:

we have that

`d=√(1.5h)`

where

d is the distance in miles to the horizon

h is the height of the viewer’s eyes above the ground in feet

In this problem we have

`h=1,353\ ft`

substitute the value of h in the expression

`d=√(1.5(1,353))=45\ miles`