Question

The mass of Mercury is 9.3 x 10^12 kg. The mass of Mars is 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. Compared to Pluto, how many times greater is Mars's mass than Mercury's mass? Show your work and round to the nearest hundredth.

A) 1.40 x 10^12 times
B) 1.40 x 10^6 times
C) 0.73 times
D) 0.73 x 10^12 times

Answer 1

Mars's mass is 1.40 x 10^12 times greater than Mercury's mass.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how many times greater Mars's mass is compared to Mercury's mass, we divide the mass of Mars by the mass of Mercury.

Mars's mass: 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg

Mercury's mass: 9.3 x 1012 kg

Dividing the mass of Mars by the mass of Mercury:

13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg / 9.3 x 1012 kg = 1.40 x 1012

So, Mars's mass is 1.40 x 1012 times greater than Mercury's mass.