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B.When the Apollo 11 is directly above a tracking station, L, the angle of its view of earth is 40°. If the radius of the earth is about 4000 miles, how far from the tracking station is the spacecraft
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B.When the Apollo 11 is directly above a tracking

station, L, the angle of its view of earth is 40°. If
the radius of the earth is about 4000 miles, how far
from the tracking station is the spacecraft to the
nearest tenth of a mile?

B.When the Apollo 11 is directly above a tracking station, L, the angle of its view-example-1
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We can start by drawing a diagram of the situation:

B.When the Apollo 11 is directly above a tracking station, L, the angle of its view-example-1
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