Mercury averages a distance of 57.0 × 10 6 km from the sun. Mars averages a distance of 227.9 × 10 6 km from the sun. What is the difference, in scientific notation, in their distances from the sun?

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Mercury averages a distance of 57.0 × 10 6 km from the sun.

Mars averages a distance of 227.9 × 10 6 km from the sun.
What is the difference, in scientific notation, in their distances from the sun?

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It’s simple just take a factor of 10^6:
10^6(227.9-57)=170.9 *10^6

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