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quester [9]
3 years ago
9

Suppose astronomers built a 150-meter telescope. how much greater would its light-collecting area be than that of the 10-meter k

eck telescope?
Physics
1 answer:
Dennis_Churaev [7]3 years ago
6 0
Almost all telescopes have a circular mirror. The area of a circle is proportional to r^2 where r is the radius of the circle, the constant of proportionality being 4\pi
S =4\pi r^2
Therefore the area of 150 meter telescope would be 
S_1/S_2=(r_1/r_2)^2 =(75/5)^2 =15^2=225
times bigger than the area of the smaller (10 meter) telescope.

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