How do you calculate the scaled diameter of Mercury if the Sun is only 10in?
How do you calculate the scaled diameter of Mercury if the Sun is only 10in?
Well, first what is the diameter of the Sun?=1,392,000Kilometers
Second, what's the diameter of Mercury? =4,879 Kilometers
So, the ratio of Sun's diameter to Mercury's diameter is=1,392,000/4,879=285.304.
So if the Sun's diameter was 10 inches, then Mercury's diameter would be 285.304 times smaller.
So the scaled diameter of Mercury to the Sun's would be: 10/285.304=.03505 inches or less than 1/28 of an inch. So, your answer is =.03505 inches.
