Question

Mercury orbits the sun in 87 24/25 Earth days. Venus orbits the sun in 224 7/10 Earth days, and Mars orbits the sun in 686 49/50 days. Write each mixed number as a decimal

Answer 1

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Explanation:

we need to write the fractional part as decimal and add it to the whole part for each.

Mercury:

We know 24/25 = 0.96 [using calculator]

So, number of days for mercury to orbit the sun = 87.96 days

Venus:

We know 7/10 = 0.70 [using calculator]

So, number of days for venus to orbit the sun = 224.70 days

Mars:

We know 49/50 = 0.98 [using calculator]

So, number of days for mars to orbit the sun = 686.98 days