Question

16. The greatest distance between the Sun and

Jupiter is about 8.166 × 10^8 kilometers. The
greatest distance between the Sun and Saturn
is about 1.515 X 10^9 kilometers. What is the
difference of these two distances?

Answer 1

6.984×10^8 km

Explanation:

Your calculator can tell you the answer to this.

15.15×10^8 -8.166×10^8 = 6.984×10^8

The difference between the distances is about 6.984×10^8 km.

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Additional comment

If you're paying attention to significant figures, you must round this to 6.98×10^8 km. The precision of the Saturn distance does not allow any better precision in the difference.