You are going to use a 12-inch basketball to represent earth and a 3-inch tennis ball to represent the moon. To maintain proper distance scale, about how far from the surface of the basketball should the tennis ball be placed.
a) 4 inches (1/3 foot)
b) 6 inches (1/2 foot)
c) 36 inches (3 feet)
d) 30 feet
e) 300 feet
2007-07-24 10:31:25 · 4 answers · asked by regina l 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
D, 30 feet
2007-07-24 10:36:14 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your basketball is 1 foot in diameter and represents the earth which is 8000 miles in diameter.
The moon is approximately 240,000 miles away.
Therefore the scaled distance should be 240,000/8000 = 30 feet (d).
2007-07-24 10:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by Sandy G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Answer D. (30 Feet) is the correct answer.
2007-07-24 11:08:22 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
30 feet.is the correct answer.
2007-07-24 10:42:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋