Question

The Sun is approximately 9.29×107 miles from Earth. The moon is approximately 2.389×105 miles from Earth. How much farther is the Sun than the Moon from Earth?

Answer 1

9.27×10^7 miles

Explanation:

The difference of the distances is ...

9.29×10^7 - 0.02389×10^7 = 9.26611×10^7 ≈ 9.27×10^7 . . . miles

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