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The discussion centers on calculating the height of a lightning rod based on the radius of its protection zone. For a protection radius of 75 meters, the height of the lightning rod must be determined using established formulas. The referenced document provides essential guidelines for this calculation, emphasizing the relationship between the height and radius for effective lightning protection.

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Greetings community

An engineer came to me seeking help today. He asked me to determining the height of a lightning rod If the radius of the protection zone was given.

Assuming the roof of the building is completely flat, what would the height (h = ?) have to be for a given radius of 75 meters (r = 75m)?
 
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