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This is a clever method and I appreciate that you posted the Wolfram alpha link - always happy when people show their work and I did not realize that you could
by blululu 4y ago
This is a clever method and I appreciate that you posted the Wolfram alpha link - always happy when people show their work and I did not realize that you could do things like include (diameter of moon) as variables with it. This is a nit, but if you're busting out an AI enhanced calculator there is no need to make a 40% rounding of 70K to 100k. I got ~200 ft across.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoI think some of that fudging was because the observer wasn't directly beneath the balloon
- willis936 4y agoIndeed and trying to estimate how much someone panned across a clear blue sky with more than 20 degree precision isn't how I wanted to spend my Saturday. 80% of the answer for 20% of the effort.
- evolve2k 4y ago60m (200ft) - 85m (285ft) for the rest of the world.
- ghayes 4y agoWhich, at 40ft (12m) per school bus, is 5-7 school buses.
- junon 4y agoJust a tip - put natural language variables in parenthesis. Helps disambiguate in a lot of cases and saves time in the long run if you use WA often.