Standing on the beach at sunset, you extend the tip of your finger at your full arm length from your face, covering the Sun. Upon moving your finger around, you find that only about half of its width is needed to completely cover the Sun's diameter. You measure your finger width to be 0.5 inches. You know your arm length to be 28.0 inches You have be told that the Sun is approximately 93 million miles away. Use this information to determine the approximate diameter of the Sun, filling in the table below with the proper quantities measure in meters.

Standing on the beach at sunset, you extend the tip of your finger at your full arm length from your face, covering the Sun. Upon moving your finger around, you find that only about half of its width is needed to completely cover the Sun's diameter. You measure your finger width to be 0.5 inches. You know your arm length to be 28.0 inches You have be told that the Sun is approximately 93 million miles away. Use this information to determine the approximate diameter of the Sun, filling in the table below with the proper quantities measure in meters.

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d. Diameter of the Sun
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d
Standing on the beach at sunset, you extend the tip of your finger at your full arm length from
your face, covering the Sun. Upon moving your finger around, you find that only about half of its
width is needed to completely cover the Sun's diameter. You measure your finger width to be 0.5
inches. You know your arm length to be 28.0 inches You have be told that the Sun is
approximately 93 million miles away. Use this information to determine the approximate
diameter of the Sun, filling in the table below with the proper quantities measure in meters.
1=½ finger
width
X Arm
length
g = eye level d = object
height
A = angle
from eye
f= object
height from
h= Diameter
of the Sun
%3D
%3D
distance
93x10 mi level to top of eye level
object
OR 1.023
0127m

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