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Q. The TV transmission tower at a particular station has a height of $125\, m$. For dubling the coverage of its range, the height of the tower should be increased by :

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Solution:

Range $d =\sqrt{2 Rh }$
$d _{2}=2 d _{1}$
$\sqrt{2 Rh _{2}}=2 \sqrt{2 Rh _{1}}$
$h _{2}=4 h _{1}=500\, m$
$\Delta h =500\, m -125\, m =375\, m$