The sun is how many times larger than the radius of earth?
Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given:
Radius of the Earth = 6,371 km
Radius of the Sun = 696,340 km
Determine how many time larger is the radius of the Sun than the radius of the Earth.
Solution:
In order to do so, we simply need to divide the radius of the sun by the radius of the Earth. In dividing a number, we must first identify the dividend and the divisor. In the given case, the dividend is 696,340, and it is divided by 6,371 which is the divisor. If the answer or quotient is a whole number, this means that both numbers are factors of one another, if not, then the quotient will have a remainder or decimal.
= 696,340/6,371
= 109.3
Final answer:
The radius of the sun is 109.3 times larger than the radius of the Earth.