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• How do you measure the diameter of the sun?
  
• What is the distance between earth and pluto in light years?
  
• How do you solve #log y = log (x-1) + 1#?
  
• An asteroid has a perihelion distance of 2.4 AU and an aphelion distance of 4.4 AU? How do you calculate its orbital semimajor axis, eccentricity and period?
  
• How do you find the domain & range for #y=Arccos x#?
  
• How fast is the Earth traveling through space?
  
• During the winter and summer solstice, how far away is the sun from the earth?
  
• Is #f(x) =sinx/x# concave or convex at #x=1#?
  
• Question #c9f34
  
• Why is stellar parallax important?
  
• Question #94f10
  
• As orbits get more "out of round" in shape, does eccentricity increase or decrease?
  
• What is a parsec and why is it necessary when a light year measures distance as well?
  
• Which planet completes its rotation in 59-60 Earth days?
  
• Alpha Centauri, the nearest star, is just over 4 light years away. Traveling at a speed of 2000 miles per hour (the speed of a fast jet airplane), how long would it take to get there in years?
  
• How do you graph #r(2 + cos theta) = 1#?
  
• Does the moon rotate on its axis like planet earth? Why or why not?
  
• How do you find the vertical, horizontal or slant asymptotes for #f(x) = 3(1/x)#?
  
• What is the cosmological argument, the teleological argument and the ontological argument?
  
• How do you convert #y=x# to polar form?
  
• Using Hubble's Law, how would you determine the distance to a galaxy which is moving away at a velocity of 3,500 km/s? (Assume H = 70km/s/Mpc)
  
• What does #-sin(arccos(2))+tan(arccos(4))# equal?
  
• How many light years away is the sun from pluto?
  
• How important is the use of math in the subject of astronomy?
  
• Does the sun exert a greater force on the earth than that exerted on the sun by the earth?
  
• What are the components of the vector between the origin and the polar coordinate #(2, (7pi)/4)#?
  
• How do you solve the triangle given #A=60# degrees, #a=20((3)^(1/2)), b=40?#
  
• If #A = <4 ,3 ,-7 >#, #B = <5 ,8 ,-4 ># and #C=A-B#, what is the angle between A and C?
  
• How fast does the earth orbit the sun?
  
• What is #lim_(nrarroo)(-1)^(n-1)sin(pisqrt(n^2+0.5n+1))# ?
  
• How do you use the important points to sketch the graph of #y=x^2+6x+5#?
  
• Question #a2a6d
  
• How do you convert # r = 1/(4 - costheta)# to rectangular form?
  
• How far is Jupiter from the Earth and the Sun?
  
• How do astronomers measure the distance to other stars? How accurate are their measurements?
  
• What is the full scale of the universe? Will it ever be known?
  
• What does it mean if the the stellar parallax of a star is too small to be measured?
  
• How do you use the binomial formula to find the coefficient of #u^(4)z^(15)# in the expansion of #(3u+z)^19#?
  
• Question #f647b
  
• What is the axis of symmetry and vertex for the graph #f(x) = x^2 - 4x#?
  
• How do you graph and solve #|x – 4| + 7 = 4#?
  
• What are some star constellations that can only be seen from the southern hemisphere?
  
• How would you describe the graph of #y = 5 * 2^x#?
  
• How far apart are Jupiter and Saturn? How is this distance calculated?
  
• How do you solve #e^(5-9 x)=990#?
  
• Question #24b9d
  
• How do you convert #y=x+x^2+2y^2 # into a polar equation?
  
• What are the components of the vector between the origin and the polar coordinate #(5, (7pi)/8)#?
  
• At the poles, how fast does the earth spin?
  
• What is the the vertex of #y = (x-3)(x+5) -x+12#?
  
• Suppose we want to construct an accurate scale model of the Solar System and we use an orange (diameter 10 cm) to represent the Sun. How far away would we have to put Pluto?
  
• If you take millions of tons of metal off the earth in the form of satellites therefore reducing earth's specific mass, would this in turn affect the earth's orbit around the sun?
  
• What is #(2p^-3)^5#?
  
• An arithmetic series has a common difference of 7. Given that the sum of the first 20 terms of the series is 530, how do you find the first term of the series?
  
• How do you find the derivative of #sinh^(79x)#?
  
• What is the distance between #(3 , (3 pi)/8 )# and #(9, pi )#?
  
• What is the size of the observable universe?
  
• What is the difference between a sidereal year and a tropical year? How is each calculated?
  
• How far away is pluto from earth? Does this distance vary?
  
• Is the centripetal acceleration of Mars in its orbit around the Sun larger or smaller than the centripetal acceleration of the Earth?
  
• How do you determine if the equation #y=90(5)^x# represents exponential growth or decay?
  
• How is the distance between stars and the earth calculated?
  
• What is Moho discontinuity?
  
• How do you find the vertex of #y=4x-x^2#?
  
• What does #sin(arc tan(2))+3cot(arctan(-1))# equal?
  
• Are the planets in our solar system all on the same plane?
  
• Question #758c4
  
• How fast is the universe expanding in miles per hour?
  
• How do you find all solutions to #[sin (2x) + cos (2x)] ^2 = 1#?
  
• How do you express the Cartesian coordinates (0, - 3) as polar coordinates?
  
• How do you use the binomial series to expand # (x-3)^5#?
  
• Why didn't the Apollo astronauts return with pictures of stars and galaxies taken from the Moon's surface? Are stars visible from the surface of the moon?
  
• How far is Saturn from Earth?
  
• Question #2f37e
  
• How long is the precession of the equinoxes?
  
• Is it significant when stars form in clusters? Why or why not?
  
• What is the distance between earth and Mars in km?
  
• How do you graph #r= 5 cos theta #?
  
• What are the inner and outer cores made of?
  
• What causes the angle of a parallax to increase?
  
• How many times more massive is the Sun than the Earth?
  
• How do you find the exact value of #cos[2 arcsin (-3/5) - arctan (5/12)]#?
  
• What color is Venus?
  
• How would you describe the position of earth in relation to the sun during the northern hemisphere's summer solstice?
  
• What is the standard form of #y= (x - 8) (4x+1) #?
  
• What day/night cycle would we have if earth was tilted like Uranus?
  
• The distance between the perihelion and aphelion of the sun is 10A.U. What is its orbital period in term of years?
  
• Question #fcd99
  
• How do you find the asymptotes for #f(x)=(2x)/(sqrt (9x^2-4))#?
  
• If you invest $8,000 at 12% interest, how much will you have in 7 years?
  
• What is the focus of the parabola #y^2+6y+8x+25 = 0#?
  
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