Question

The distance from Saturn to Earth is 10 AU. What is the distance, in kilometers, between Saturn and Earth? 1 million kilometers 1.5 million kilometers 1 billion kilometers 1.5 billion kilometers

Answer 1

Your answer should end up being 1.5 billion kilometers.<span />

Answer 2

Answer: $1.5\text{ billion kilometers}$

Explanation:

We know that an Astronomical Unit (AU) is the average distance between Earth and the Sun which is approximately 150 million kilometers.

Given : The distance from Saturn to Earth = 10 AU.

In kilometers, the distance from Saturn and Earth will be:

$10\times150\text{ million kilometers}=1500\text{ million kilometers}$

Since , 1 million = 1,000,000

and 1 billion = 1,000,000,000

Therefore, the distance from Saturn and Earth will be:

$1500\times1,000,000=1,500,000,000\text{ kilometers}=1.5\text{ billion kilometers}$