Physics, 20.09.2019 05:20, bm42400

An extraterrestrial "eratosthenes" performs the equivalent experiment, that eratosthenes did on earth, on her/his home world. she/he measures the angle of the shadow in her/his alien hometown (alexandria) to be 10 degrees and the distance to the alien well (syene) to be 500 km. what is the radius that the alien eratosthenes estimates for her/his planet?
a. 2865 km
b. 9065 km
c. 18024 km
d. 1500 km
e. 31415 km

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