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Assuming the distance of the sun from the observer to be 9,30,00000 miles and the angle subtended by the diameter of the sun at the eye of the observer to be 32' , find the diameter of the sun.

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Therefore , the required diameter of the sun =8,67,686 miles (approx).
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