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Find the possible distance between Earth and Venus.
Answer to Problem 56AYU
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The distance from the Sun to Earth is approximately
Calculation:
Consider the figure,
Let Earth is denoted by E, the Sun by S ang Mercury by M. So, that take
The distance from the Sun to Earth is
The distance between Sun to Venusis
to find the distance between Earth to Venus.
Using law of sine on
It means both choices of
Now for
Now,
Hence, the distance between Earth and Venusis,
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