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Nice View (Posted on 2004-09-29)

Assuming that the earth is a perfect sphere, in units of the earth's radius, how high must one be to see exactly one half of the earth's surface?

Okay... okay... how about exactly one third of the earth's surface?

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2023-08-14 13:07:19
Another interpretation/solution	Dej Mar	2008-09-26 13:52:14
Easy Graphic Solution	CeeAnne	2004-10-06 10:59:14
re: off on a tangent	Charlie	2004-09-30 10:25:29
off on a tangent	Tristan	2004-09-29 18:55:00
re: Solution + generalized	RandyOrton	2004-09-29 15:07:12
Solution + generalized	nikki	2004-09-29 13:50:08
solution	Charlie	2004-09-29 13:46:13

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