Grain Golf
Which statement best describes the size and relationship to distance from our Sun and the nearest star?
They are Options: A. a tennis ball here, another in B. Luna two beach balls, separated by 100 blocks c. two grains of sand separated by 100 light-years d. two golf balls, separated by 100 km e. two balls separated by 100 meters
The diameter of the Sun is 1.4 x 10 ^ 6 km. The distance to Proxima Centauri is about 4.3 light years is about 4.07 × 10 ^ 13 km This allows you to calculate the size of the relationship of the distance compared to 1.4 x 10 ^ 6 km to 4.07 × 10 ^ 13 kilometers ≈ 1 to 3x10 ^ 7 a.) If the sun was a tennis ball the distance to the star the closest would be 1420 miles. The moon is 238.857 miles (384.403) miles farther than that. A tennis ball is about 6.7 cm. Connect to this in the results the equation of proportion about 20.1 x 10 ^ 7 cm = 2010 kilometers. Thus, "not" good ". B) There is no definition of size standard for beach balls or blocks of the city. Without But you can use the answer "A" for an idea. Beach balls are much larger than tennis balls. Take a beach ball, diameter is 5 times higher than the tennis ball. This would make the distance more than 2010 kilometers a factor of 5 to about 10,000 km. That would mean it would be true if the block of the city were 100 km long. Since they are not, "b" is not a good answer. c.) Proxima Centauri is approximately 4.25 light years. And a grain of sand is less than the sun, so this distance should be less. So, "c" is way too far. d) A golf ball has a minimum size of 42.67 mm. Connect to this in terms of the equation results in approximately 128 x 10 ^ 7 mm = 1280 kilometers. Thus, "D" is too short. e.) a baseball has a diameter of 2.9 (± 0.04) connects to this in terms of the equation results in about 8.7 x 10 ^ 7 "= 2, 416.667 meters. It would be well beyond 100 meters. So there no good answers. But I agree that "d" is the least bad.
