Question

Calculate the distance of mars to the sun

Answer 1

`r=2.28*10^8km`

Explanation:

This assumes you were given the mass of mars to be
`6.39*10^2^3kg` the mass of the sun to be
`1.99*10^3^0kg` and the gravitational force between the two to be
`3.72*10^3^5N`.

I used the formula: (G is the gravitational constant
`6.67*10^-^1^1`)

`F=G(m_1m_2)/(r)`

and solved for r

`3.72*10^3^5=6.67*10^-^1^1(6.39*10^2^3(1.99*10^3^0))/(r)`

`r=(8.48*10^4^3)/(3.72*10^3^5)`

`r=2.28*10^8km`

Answer 2

Mars is 1.5 astronomical units away from the Sun, or 143 000 000 miles