8 Nov 2021
Problem 48
Page 20
Section: General Problems
Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating
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8 Nov 2021
Given information
It is given that the distance between moon and earth is
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
It is observe that the pencil has a diameter of about 0.7 cm. If held about 0.75 \mathrm{m} from the eye, it can just block out the Moon. The ratio of pencil diameter to arm length is the same as the ratio of Moon diameter to Moon distance.
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