The Sun's Average Surface (Photosphere) Temperature Is About ________

question 77

Multiple Choice

The Sun's average surface (photosphere) temperature is about ________.

• A) 5,800 K
• B) 1,000,000 K
• C) 1,000 K
• D) 37,000 K

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Definitions:

Numerator

The top number of a fraction, showing the number of parts out of the denominator considered.

Chi-square Distribution

A probability distribution that is used to describe the distribution of a sum of the squares of k independent standard normal random variables, often used in hypothesis testing.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean.

Sample Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variance within a sample data set.