Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2026

DOI

10.1119/5.0254070

Publication Title

The Physics Teacher

Volume

64

Issue

3

Pages

236

Abstract

This scholarly work asks the questions:

Question 1: Estimate the height (h₁ + h₂ + h₃) of the complete structure from the ground level where my wife is standing (see Fig. 2). The angle θ subtended by the top of the Lady Liberty statue at the camera was about 70 degrees of arc, and about 65 degrees at the base of the statue. My wife in the foreground is ∼1.65 m (5 ft. 5 in.) in height, and the camera was at about the same height (this is h1). I was standing about x = 35 ft. (10.7 m) from the base of the monument.

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Question 2: Estimate the height of the Liberty statue atop the pedestal.

Rights

© Copyright 2026 AIP Publishing LLC.

This content may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the publisher. This material originally appeared in Adam, J. (2026). Liberty on a pedestal. The Physics Teacher, 64(3), 236. and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0254070

Original Publication Citation

Adam, J. (2026). Liberty on a pedestal. The Physics Teacher, 64(3), 236. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0254070

ORCID

0000-0001-5537-2889 (Adam)

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