Final answer:
The Earth is 150 million km away from the Sun. To determine the number of suns needed to line up side by side from the Sun to the Earth, divide the distance between them by the radius of the Sun. The answer is A) 214 suns.
Step-by-step explanation:
In order to determine how many suns would have to line up side by side to reach from the Sun to the Earth, we first need to calculate the distance between the Sun and the Earth. The average distance between them is approximately 150 million kilometers. To get the number of suns, we divide this distance by the radius of the Sun, which is 700,000 kilometers.
The calculation is as follows:
Number of Suns = Distance between Sun and Earth / Radius of the Sun
Number of Suns = 150,000,000 km / 700,000 km = 214.29
Since we cannot have a fraction of a sun, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the correct answer is A) 214 suns.