Question

The distance from Earth to the sun is about 9.3 × 10 7th power miles.

The distance from Earth to the Moon is about 2.4 × 10 5th power miles.
About how many times greater is the distance from Earth to the
Sun than Earth to the Moon?

Answer 1

The distance from earth to sun is 387.5 times greater than distance from earth to moon.

Solution:

Given, the distance from Earth to the sun is about
`9.3 * 10^(7) \mathrm{miles}`

The distance from Earth to the Moon is about
`2.4 * 10^(5) \mathrm{miles}`

We have to find how many times greater is the distance from Earth to the Sun than Earth to the Moon?

For that, we just have to divide the distance between earth and sun with distance between earth to moon.

Let the factor by which distance is greater be d.

`\text { Now, } \mathrm{d}=\frac{\text { distance between sun and earth }}{\text { distance between moon and earth }}=(9.3 * 10^(7))/(2.4 * 10^(5))=(9.3)/(2.4) * 10^(7-5)\\\\=3.875 * 10^(2)=387.5`

Hence, the distance from earth to sun is 387.5 times greater than distance from earth to moon.