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A radar has a power of and is operating at a frequency of . It is located on a mountain top of height . The maximum distance upto which it can detect object located on the surface of the earth (Radius of earth ) is:

  1. A
    80 , \text{km}
  2. B
    16 , \text{km}
  3. C
    40 , \text{km}
  4. D
    64 , \text{km}

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The maximum line-of-sight distance is given by: where is the radius of the earth and is the height of the antenna/radar. .

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A radar has a power of and is operating at a frequency of . It is located on a mountain top of height . The maximum distance upto which it can detect object located on the surface of the earth (Radius of earth ) is:
A
80 , \text{km}
B
16 , \text{km}
C
40 , \text{km}
D
64 , \text{km}

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