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Directions- Solve the following problem and write your answer in scientific notation.

On average, mercury is about 57,000,000 km from the sun, whereas Neptune is about 4.5 X 10^9 Km from the sun. What is the difference between Mercury’s and Neptune’s distances from the sun?

Directions- Solve the following problem and write your answer in scientific notation-example-1

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When they say difference does that mean they want you to subtract the two number?Because if so,I think I can help you
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The answer would be 4,443,000,000 or 4.443 x 10^9 in scientific notation.
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