Question

earth is approximately 9 x 10^7 miles from the sun. neptune is approximately 3x10^9 miles from the sun. neptune is approximately _____ times farther from the sun than earth

Answer 1

`33` times

Explanation:

Distance between Earth and the sun
`(D)` = 9 ×
`10^(7)` miles =
`90,000,000` miles

Distance between Neptune and the sun
`(d)` = 3 ×
`10^(9)` miles =
`3,000,000,000` miles

Find
`(d)/(D)`.

`(d)/(D)=(3,000,000,000)/(90,000,000) =33.3` ≈
`33`

Therefore,

Neptune is approximately
`33` times farther from the sun than earth