k_yup
Sep2-08, 06:51 PM
im new to the physics world and know this is probably an easy problem but i dont know where to start
Hold a pencil in front of your eye at a position where its end just blocks out the moon. Make approprite measurements to estimate the diameter of the moon, given that the earth-moon distance is 3.8x10^5km.
i figured that you prob had to measure the end of a pencil which i measured about 1.5 cm which is 1.5x10^-5km but i dont really know what to do from there.
Hold a pencil in front of your eye at a position where its end just blocks out the moon. Make approprite measurements to estimate the diameter of the moon, given that the earth-moon distance is 3.8x10^5km.
i figured that you prob had to measure the end of a pencil which i measured about 1.5 cm which is 1.5x10^-5km but i dont really know what to do from there.