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To find the diameter of the sun would appear on Earth as on Jupiter.
Answer to Problem 4GP
The value of
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The apparent length of an object is inversely proportional to one’s distance from the object. Earth is about 93 million miles from the sun. Jupiter is about 483.6 million miles from the Sun.
Calculation:
The diameter of the sun would appear on Earth as on Jupiter can be obtained as
Let,
Put the values of
Hence,
The value of
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