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Q22: Answers – Paper 3 – June 2018
Q22: Answers – Paper 3 – June 2018
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Earth and Pluto go around the Sun.
Their distance to the Sun varies.
Earth and Pluto go around the Sun.
Their distance to the Sun varies.
The table shows the closest distance that Earth and Pluto get to the Sun.
(a) Show that the closest distance of Pluto to the Sun is roughly 30 times the closest distance of Earth to the Sun.
There is no working for part b!
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22) Earth and Pluto go around the Sun.
Their distance to the Sun varies.
Their distance to the Sun varies.
The table shows the closest distance that Earth and Pluto get to the Sun.
(a) Show that the closest distance of Pluto to the Sun is roughly 30 times the closest distance of Earth to the Sun.
[2 marks]
b) Give a reason why we cannot use this information to say
"The distance of Pluto to the Sun is always 30 times the distance of Earth to the Sun."
[1 mark]