Question

The planet mercury is approximately 6*10^7 miles from the sun. The distance between the sun and mars is approximately 2*10^8 miles. About how many times farther from the sun is mars than mercury.

Answer 1

Around 10/3 or 3.33 times farther.

Explanation:

We simply divide the larger distance by the smaller distance to find our ratio:

2(10⁸)/6(10⁷)

10/3

*Remember when you divide exponents, you subtract them