the sun's angular diameter is measured to be 1920'' . the distance D of the sun from earth is 1.496 * 1011 m . what is the diameter of the sun?

 

Given D = 1.496×10­11 m

Θ = 1920“=(1920/60×60) o = 0.53o

As angle Θ is very small the triangle is approximately a right triangle

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