Answer:
The moon should be at 543 cm.
Explanation:
If according to scientists the distance from the earth to the moon is approximately 384400 km
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The earth has a radius of 6371 km.
A basketball has a radius of 9 cm. (Using a basketball of this radius as a reference)
With these data you can make a rule of 3:
The earth in centimeters has a radius of 6.371e+8 cm.
So: If the earth has a radius of 6.371e+8 cm and a distance to the moon of 384,400 km, what would the distance be if the earth had a radius of 9 cm?
6.371e+8 cm : 9 cm
384400 km : X
X = (384400 km * 9 cm) / 6.371e+8 cm
X = 5.43e-3 km converting to centimeters would give that:
X = 543 cm
The moon should be at 543 cm from Earth.
