What is the size of an object located at a distance of 1,000 meters and that has angular size A = 4 degrees?
A) about 11 meters
B) about 35 meters
C) about 70 meters
D) about 4,000 meters

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The size of an object can be calculated using the formula: size = distance * tan(angular size). Converting 4 degrees to radians (approximately 0.0698 radians) and using the distance of 1,000 meters, the size is approximately 70 meters.

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