Question

3. The average distance from the sun to the planet Jupiter is about 483,800.000. The average
distance from the sun to the planet Earth is about 92,960,000 miles.
(a) Write each distance in scientific notation.
(b) About how many times larger is the distance to Jupiter than Earth? Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to your question is:

a) sun to jupiter =  4.838 x 10 ⁸ miles

   sun to earth = 9.296 x 10 ⁷ miles

b) 5.2 times

Step-by-step explanation:

distance sun to jupiter = 483 800 000 miles

distance sun to earth = 92 960 000 miles

a)

      sun to jupiter =  4.838 x 10 ⁸ miles  just move the decimal point eight places to the left.

      sun to earth = 9.296 x 10 ⁷ miles   just move the decimal point seven places to the left.

b)

divide distance sun to jupiter by distance sun to earth =

                                  = 4.838 x 10 ⁸ / 9.296 x 10 ⁷

                                 

First divide   4.838 by 9.296    or   4.838 / 9.296 = 0.52

Then we substract the powers:  8 minus 7  or 8 -7 = 1

So we get              0.52 x 10¹  or 0.52 x 10 = 5.2 times