Question

How many orders of magnitude (powers of ten) is the distance to the moon greater than the distance across the Atlantic ocean?

Answer 1

Answer:

The distance to the moon greater than the distance across the Atlantic ocean by an order of 1.

Explanation:

We have the average distance across the Atlantic ocean, $d_i=3700\ mi$

the average distance to the moon, $d_m=238,900\ mi$

The factor by which the distance to moon is greater than the width of Atlantic ocean:

$f=\frac{d_m}{d_i}$

$f=\frac{238,900}{3700}$

$f=64.57$

i.e.

the distance to the moon greater than the distance across the Atlantic ocean by an order of 1.