A sailor, standing on the deck of a ship, just sees the light beam from a lighthouse on the shore. If the height of the sailor's eye and of the light beam at the lighthouse, above the sea level, are 9 m and 25 m respectively, what is the distance between the sailor and the lighthouse ?-A-29.8 kmB-31.1 kmC-31.9 kmD-33.2 km-B-31.1 km

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A sailor, standing on the deck of a ship, just sees the light beam from a lighthouse on the shore. If the height of the sailor&#39;s eye and of the light beam at the lighthouse, above the sea level, are 9 m and 25 m respectively, what is the distance between the sailor and the lighthouse ?-A-29.8 kmB-31.1 kmC-31.9 kmD-33.2 km-B-31.1 km

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B 31.1 km Use formula Height = 0.0673 x d^2. Here H1 abd H2 are given 25 and 9 respectively, Find d1 and d2. Then D = d1+ d2.

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A sailor, standing on the deck of a ship, just sees the light beam from a lighthouse on the shore. If the height of the sailor's eye and of the light beam at the lighthouse, above the sea level, are 9 m and 25 m respectively, what is the distance between the sailor and the lighthouse ?

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A sailor, standing on the deck of a ship, just sees the light beam from a lighthouse on the shore. If the height of the sailor's eye and of the light beam at the lighthouse, above the sea level, are 9 m and 25 m respectively, what is the distance between the sailor and the lighthouse ?

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