Solved: The Moon barely covers the Sun during a solar eclipse. Given that Moon and Sun

Chapter 1, Problem 50

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The Moon barely covers the Sun during a solar eclipse. Given that Moon and Sun are, respectively, 4 * 105 km and 1.5 * 108 km from Earth, determine how much bigger the Suns diameter is than the Moons. If the Moons radius is 1800 km, how big is the Sun?

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