document.write( "Question 1139447: Venus rotates in a nearly circular orbit around
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document.write( "the sun. The largest angle formed by Venus, Earth, and the
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document.write( "sun is 46.5°. The distance from Earth to the sun is approxi-
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document.write( "mately 149 million kilometers. See the following figure.
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document.write( "What is the orbital radius r of Venus? Round to the nearest
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Algebra.Com's Answer #759937 by rothauserc(4718)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! sin(46.5) = r/149000000/ \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Note the hypotenuse of a right triangle is opposite the right angle \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "r = 149000000 * sin(46.5) = 108080781.2808 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "******************************************************* \n" ); document.write( "The orbital radius r of Venus is 108 million kilometers \n" ); document.write( "******************************************************* \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |