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Find the possible distance between Earth and mercury.
Answer to Problem 55AYU
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The distance from the Sun to Earth is approximately
Calculation:
Consider the figure,
Let Earth is denoted by E, the Sun by S ang Mercury by M. So, that take
The distance from the Sun to Earth is
The distance between Sun to Mercury is
to find the distance between Earth to Mercury.
Using law of sine on
Now apply property of triangle,
For
Now,
Hence, the distance between Earth and mercury is,
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