Finding point of tangency


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Radio and TV stations broadcast from high towers. Their signals are picked up by radios and TVs in homes within a certain radius. Because Earth is spherical, these signals don't get picked up beyond the point of tangency which could be calculated using the Pythagorean Theorem"

Describe how you would calculate the point of tangency?

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