Question

The masses of four planets in a solar system outside the Milky Way are given below. Mass of Planet A: 5.97 × 10 24 kg; Mass of Planet B: 3.30 × 10 23 kg; Mass of Planet C: 1.89 × 10 27 kg; Mass of Planet D: 4.87 × 10 24 kg What is the order of these planets from least to greatest mass?
Planet C; Planet B; Planet D; Planet A Planet C; Planet A; Planet D; Planet B Planet B; Planet D; Planet A; Planet C Planet A; Planet D; Planet B; Planet C\

Answer 1

For this case, the first thing we will do is write a table:
 Mass of Planet A: 5.97 × 10 24 kg;
 Mass of Planet B: 3.30 × 10 23 kg;
 Mass of Planet C: 1.89 × 10 27 kg;
 Mass of Planet D: 4.87 × 10 24 kg
 We observe that according to the scientific notation we have:
 3.30 × 10 23 kg <4.87 × 10 24 kg <5.97 × 10 24 kg <1.89 × 10 27 kg
 Therefore the order of the planets from lowest to highest mass is:
 Planet B, Planet D, Planet A, Planet C
 Answer: 
 Planet B, Planet D, Planet A, Planet C