Question

Ashley and Tina are creating a model showing the distances between Earth, the Moon, and the Sun. They choose a blue ball to represent Earth, a gray ball to represent the Moon, and a yellow ball to represent the Sun. Ashley and Tina take the balls to the middle of a large field at their school. They know that Earth is about 240 thousand miles from the Moon and about 93 million miles from the Sun. In their model, they choose to represent one million miles with one step. What is the distance between the Moon and the Sun in their model?

1) 93 steps
2) 240 steps
3) 333 steps
4) 3330 steps

Answer 1

The distance between the Moon and the Sun in their model would be 93 million steps.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the distance between the Moon and the Sun in their model, we need to consider their chosen scale factor of one million miles represented by one step. In reality, the Moon is about 240 thousand miles away from Earth, and the Sun is about 93 million miles away from Earth. So, if Earth and the Moon are represented by one step, and Earth and the Sun are represented by 93 million steps, then the distance between the Moon and the Sun in their model would be 93 million steps.