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Juliana1984 Juliana1984
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11 years ago
a. The greater the distance, the smaller the angular size.
 b. The greater the distance, the larger the angular size.
 c. The distance to the moon is always the same, but its angular size varies.
 d. Both the distance to the moon and its angular size are constant.
 e. The angular size is always the same regardless of the distance.
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11 years ago Edited: 10 years ago, padre
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11 years ago
The further away something is, the smaller it appears.
Angular size is a fancy way of saying how big something appears to be.
When an object is near us there is a big angle between its 2 sides.
When it is far away the angle is smaller

So the answer is a.
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11 years ago
answer A is correct.  this is true of all things (unless their actual size changes)
 
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