3. If Earth was 10 times farther away from the sun than it is now, which planet would it be closest to? (Assume all the planets
are aligned with the sun and are on the same side of the sun.) Compare Earth's new distance to that planet. How far apart would they be in standard notation? How far apart in scientific notation? Show your work? Earth 149,600,000
The earth is 93 million miles away from the sun. 93 million times 10 is 930,000,000 away. Mars is currently 141.6 million miles from the sun. Assuming the planets were in a straight line you would subtract from 141.6 million miles the 93 million miles so that would put us within 48,600,000 miles of Mars. So the answer is we would be closest to Mars.
