Question

Unit 7 - Mid Unit Assessment - Grade 8

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The Sun is roughly 102 times as wide as Earth. The star Kis roughly 10 times as wide as Earth.
About how many times as wide as the Sun is the star K? Explair how you know.

Answer 1

1000 times

First, we estimated the Sun's width in terms of the Earth's breadth, then the Star's width in terms of the Earth's breadth, and for comparison, we did simple division, which revealed that the Star KW Sagittarii is 1000 times wider than the Sun.