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To find: The distance between the moon and the Earth at the time of measurement.
Answer to Problem 38AYU
The distance between the moon and the earth is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The distance between the Alice and the moon is
The angle of elevation to the moon for Tom is
The angle of elevation to the moon for Alice is
The given diagram is shown in Figure 1
Figure 1
Calculation:
Consider the diagram is shown in Figure 1
Figure 1
Consider the angle
Consider the value of angle
Then,
Consider the law of sine is,
Then,
Consider the sine angle property is,
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