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Question 173

The distance between the Sun and the Earth is $1.496\times {10}^{8}km$ and distance between the Earth and the Moon is $3.84\times {10}^{8}m$. During solar eclipse, the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun. What is the distance between the Moon and the Sun at that particular time?

Answer 1

The distance between the Sun and the Earth is $1.496\times {10}^{8}km=1.496\times {10}^8\times {10}^{3}m=1496\times {10}^{8}m$
The distance between the Earth and the Moon is $3.84\times {10}^{8}m$.
The distance between the Moon and the Sun at particular time (Solar eclipse)
$=(1496\times {10}^8-3.84\times {10}^8)m=1492.16\times {10}^{8}m$