Question

It is a well known fact that during a solar eclipse the disc of the moon almost completely covers the disc of the sun. From this fact and from the information that sun's angular distance a is measured to be 1920", determine the approximate diameter of the moon. Given earth-moon distance = 3.8452 x 10⁸ m

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  1. 5581 km

  2. 3581 km

  3. 2581 km

  4. 1581 km

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Answer :

3581 km

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