Question

The planet mercury is approximately 6×10 to the 7th miles from the sun. The distance between the sun and mars is approximately 2×10 to the 8th miles. about how many times farther from the sun is mars than mercury

Answer 1

Mars is 2×10⁸/6×10⁷=20×10⁷/6×10⁷=20/6=10/3=3.3 times farther from the sun than Mercury.