The temperature, radius, and luminosity of all stars (not just main sequence stars) are related by this equation:
Where L_0, R_0, and T_0 are based on the Sun, which has a radius of 6.96*10^8 meters and a temperature of 5780 K.
From there, we can solve for R:
Plug in the numbers for the supergiant:
Similarly for the dwarf:
Despite one being a "supergiant" and the other being a "dwarf", they are not that different in size, because these terms are actually about luminosity and temperature, not about size per se. (Also, they're both huge; the distance from the Sun to the Earth is about 1.5*10^11 meters, so both of these stars would engulf us if they were swapped out for the Sun.)
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