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Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth by seanmcdirmid on Thursday July 27, 2017 @07:37PM (#14870735)
There is a lot more than the Pythagorean theorem in that question. It would require remember a lot of middle school theorems from a long time ago; frankly calculus would be better.
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Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth by SamReidHughes on Saturday July 29, 2017 @11:50PM (#14884362)
No. You just need to know circumference = pi times diameter.
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Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth by SamReidHughes on Sunday July 30, 2017 @04:37PM (#14887678)
Or no, I misunderstood the problem. Either way it's a simple problem that entering math majors should be able to solve.
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