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Suppose that you are standing on the southeastern shore of Oahu and you see three mountain peaks on the horizon. You want to determine which mountains are visible from Oahu. The possible mountain peaks that can be seen from Oahu and the height (above sea level) of their peaks are given in the table. Distance Height (feet) 3,370 10,023 13,796 4,961 Island (miles) Mountain Lanai Maui Hawaii |Molokai Lanaihale Haleakala Mauna Kea Kamakou 65 110 190 40 (a) To determine which of these mountain peaks would be visible from Oahu, consider that you are standing on the shore and looking “straight out" so that your line of sight is tangent to the surface of Earth at the point where you are standing. Make a sketch of the right triangle formed by your sight line, the radius from the center of Earth to the point where you are standing, and the line from the center of Earth through Lanai.

Suppose that you are standing on the southeastern shore of Oahu and you see three mountain peaks on the horizon. You want to determine which mountains are visible from Oahu. The possible mountain peaks that can be seen from Oahu and the height (above sea level) of their peaks are given in the table. Distance Height (feet) 3,370 10,023 13,796 4,961 Island (miles) Mountain Lanai Maui Hawaii |Molokai Lanaihale Haleakala Mauna Kea Kamakou 65 110 190 40 (a) To determine which of these mountain peaks would be visible from Oahu, consider that you are standing on the shore and looking “straight out" so that your line of sight is tangent to the surface of Earth at the point where you are standing. Make a sketch of the right triangle formed by your sight line, the radius from the center of Earth to the point where you are standing, and the line from the center of Earth through Lanai.

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Suppose that you are standing on the southeastern shore of Oahu and you see three mountain peaks on the horizon. You want to determine which mountains are visible from Oahu. The possible mountain peaks that can be seen from Oahu and the height (above sea level) of their peaks are given in the table. Distance Height (feet) 3,370 10,023 13,796 4,961 Island (miles) Mountain Lanai Maui Hawaii |Molokai Lanaihale Haleakala Mauna Kea Kamakou 65 110 190 40 (a) To determine which of these mountain peaks would be visible from Oahu, consider that you are standing on the shore and looking “straight out" so that your line of sight is tangent to the surface of Earth at the point where you are standing. Make a sketch of the right triangle formed by your sight line, the radius from the center of Earth to the point where you are standing, and the line from the center of Earth through Lanai.
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that you are standing on the southeastern shore of Oahu and you see three mountain peaks on the horizon. You want to determine which mountains are visible from Oahu. The possible mountain peaks that can be seen from Oahu and the height (above sea level) of their peaks are given in the table. Distance Height (feet) 3,370 10,023 13,796 4,961 Island (miles) Mountain Lanai Maui Hawaii |Molokai Lanaihale Haleakala Mauna Kea Kamakou 65 110 190 40 (a) To determine which of these mountain peaks would be visible from Oahu, consider that you are standing on the shore and looking “straight out" so that your line of sight is tangent to the surface of Earth at the point where you are standing. Make a sketch of the right triangle formed by your sight line, the radius from the center of Earth to the point where you are standing, and the line from the center of Earth through Lanai.
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