Question

Question 4-6. Earth is 93 million miles from the Sun. Pluto is 4.67 billion miles from the Earth.Calculate the ratio of the distance from Pluto to Earth to the distance from Earth to the Sun. Use scientific notation to calculate the ratio and express your answer in standard notation. (round to the hundredths place)

Answer 1

The ratio of the distance from Pluto to Earth to the distance from Earth to the Sun is approximately 50.16 or 5.016 x 10^1.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of the distance from Pluto to Earth to the distance from Earth to the Sun can be calculated by dividing the distance from Pluto to Earth by the distance from Earth to the Sun.

The distance from Pluto to Earth is 4.67 billion miles.

The distance from Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles.

Dividing these two distances gives us a ratio of approximately 50.16.

Using scientific notation, the ratio would be 5.016 x 10^1.

Expressing this ratio in standard notation, it would be 50.16, rounded to the hundredths place.

Answer 2

PE/SE = 5.02×10¹

Step-by-step explanation:

Sun-Earth (SE) = 93×10⁶ miles

Pluto-Earth (PE) = 4.67×10⁹ miles

so, PE/SE = (4.67×10⁹) / (93×10⁶) = (4.67×10³)/93 =

= 50.215053763440860215... =

= 5.02×10¹ / 1 or simply 5.02×10¹

in other words, Pluto is a little bit more than 50 times farther away from Earth, than Earth is from the Sun.