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Estimating the horizon. You are in a hot air balloon 2 miles above the ocean. (See the acc...

Estimating the horizon. You are in a hot air balloon 2 miles above the ocean. (See the accompanying diagram.) As far as you can see, there is only water. Given that the radius of the earth is 3960 miles, how far away is the horizon?

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