Question

The diameter of the sun is approximately 1.39 x 106 km. The diameter of Mercury is approximately 4.88 x 103 km. About how many times larger is the diameter of the sun that the diameter of Mercury?

Answer 1

The diameter of the sun is 285 times larger then the diameter of Mercury

Step-by-step explanation:

Given Data

diameter of the sun = 1.39 x 10⁶ km

diameter of Mercury = 4.88 x 10³ km

how many times larger is the diameter of the sun (x) then Mercury = ?

Solution

First we remove the exponential form to make it simple

diameter of the sun = 1.39 x 10⁶ km

which is equal to 1390000

diameter of Mercury = 4.88 x 10³ km

which is equal to 4880

Now we divide the larger value bu the smaller one

x = 1390000 ÷ 4880

x = 285

The diameter of the sun is 285 times larger then the diameter of Mercury