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Suppose that the earth is a sphere of radius 6400 kilometers. The height from the earth's surface from where exactly a fourth of the earth's surface is visible, is

Options

  1. A3200 ~km
  2. B3200 2 ~km
  3. C3200 3 ~km
  4. D6400 ~km

Correct answer

D. 6400 ~km

Step-by-step solution

AP = R area of ring =(2 Rsin ) Rd Total area required, R ²= ₀^ 2 R² d array l 1 2 =1- = 1 2 array Now, array l = R R+H 1 2 = R R+H =R=H=6400 array

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