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Angular Measure 2

Problem

Let us say that at their closest approach, Venus is about 38 million kilometers from the Earth. Venus has a diameter of about 12,104 km. On the same evening let's say our Moon is about 384,400 km away and has diameter of about 3,478 km
If we suddenly swapped the position of the Moon and Venus, roughly how many times larger would Venus appear compared to the Moon?
Here is a picture of Venus and the Moon before the swap occurs:
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
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