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During a total solar ecilpse the moon almost entirely covers the sphere of the sun. Write the relation between the distances and sizes of the sun and moon.

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As is clear drom fig. 1(EP).3.
`d omega = (piD_s^2//4)/(r_(se)^2) = (pi D_m^2//4)/(r_(me)^2)`
`:. (D_s)/(D_m) = (r_(se))/(r_(me)) or (R_s)/(R_m) = (r_(se))/(r_(me)).`
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