Question

earth is approximately 9 x 10^7 miles from the sun. neptune is approximately 3x10^9 miles from the sun. neptune is approximately _____ times farther from the sun than earth

Answer 1

Answer:

$33$ times

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance between Earth and the sun $(D)$ = 9 × $10^{7}$ miles = $90,000,000$ miles

Distance between Neptune and the sun $(d)$ = 3 × $10^{9}$ miles = $3,000,000,000$ miles

Find $\frac{d}{D}$.

$\frac{d}{D}=\frac{3,000,000,000}{90,000,000} =33.3$ ≈ $33$

Therefore,

Neptune is approximately $33$ times farther from the sun than earth