Determine how big is the sun

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The moon barely covers the sun at a solar eclipse. Given that the moon is 4 X 105 kilometer from Earth and that the Sun is 1.5 X 108 kilometer from Earth, find how much bigger the Sun diameter is than the moon. If the moon radius is 1800 kilometer, determine how big is the Sun?

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