The suns diameter is about 860,000 miles. It's diameter is about 8000 miles. Estimate how many times larger the sun's diameter is than earth's diameter

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Solomon Closson · Answer 1 · 2021-07-10T01:18:33+0000

Answer:

The Sun's diameter is
1.075* 10^2 times the Earth's diameter.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Sun's diameter = 860,000 miles

Earth's diameter = 8000 miles

Comparison of Sun's and Earth's diameter:

$\frac{\text{Sun's Diameter}}{\text{Earth's Diameter}}\\\\=(860000)/(8000)\\\\=(8.6* 10^(5))/(8* 10^3)\\\\=1.075* 10^2$

Thus, the Sun's diameter is
1.075* 10^2 times the Earth's diameter.