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A TV tower has a height of 500 m at a given place. Calculate the coverage range, if the radius of the earth is 6400 km.

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80
Here, `h_T = 500m=0.5 km`
Coverage range, `d_T=sqrt(2Rh_T)=sqrt(2xx6400xx0.5)km = 80 km`
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