Finding black hole mass from Schwarzschild radius

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Homework Statement


a black hole has schwarzschild radius of 15.4km what is the mass of the black hole in terms of the suns mass?

Homework Equations


Rsch = 2GM/c^2

The Attempt at a Solution


I plugged values into the equation and isolated for M and it gave me a different answer. Idk how the suns mass relates to the equation/answer
 
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I think they want the ratio so you know the BH mass and you can find the suns mass and then compute the ratio.

Is it 2 solar masses or 3 or even 1/2... ?
 
In astronomy, "one solar mass" is a unit of mass = 1.988435×1030 kilograms. The sun's mass is "one solar mass". For example, the star Arcturus has a mass of 2.3*1030 kg - 1.1 solar masses

Does that help?