According to an article in The World Scanner Report, the distance D, in miles, to the horizon from an observer’s point of view over water or “flat” earth is given by

where H is the height of the point of view, in feet. If a person whose eyes are 6 ft above ground level is standing at the top of a hill 44 ft above “flat” earth, approximately how far to the horizon will she be able to see?

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D = V2H,