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Calculate the ratio of the mean densities of the earth and the sun from the following approximate data. `theta` = angular diameter of the sun seen from the earth `= (1)/(2).^(@)`. l = length of `1^(@)` of latitude on the earth’s surface = 100 km.
T = one year `= 3x 10^(7)s`.
`g 10 ms^(-2)`.

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`(rho_(e))/(rho_(s)) = 3.31`
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