Question

Measure the width of your index finger and your arm. Based on these measurements, what will be the approximate angular width of your index finder held at arm’s length? (Make sure that your calculator is set to degrees and not radians when using trigonometric functions or recall that 360° = 6.283 radians)

A. 0.1° B. 30° C. 1° D. 10°

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@VJT

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Yupp. Just a minute I'm going to check a few things first.

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I don't know the answer to this one, sorry can't help. I'll try to get a few other people here who might be able to help though.

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@pooja195

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You can be my fan if you want to. That is your choice.

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Here is a related discussion about hand and finger angles.
It is not your problem "done right" but it may give you some ideas.

http://oneminuteastronomer.com/860/measuring-sky/