Pluto is considered to be a dwarf planet in our Solar System. Pluto is about 3.6 X 10^9 miles from the Sun. Mercury is about 3.6 X 10^7 miles from the Sun. About how many times farther from the Sun is Pluto than Mercury?
Responses
A 1 X 10^15
B 1 X 10^0
C 1 X 10^2
D 1 X 10 ^-2
To find out how many times farther Pluto is from the Sun compared to Mercury, we can divide the distance of Pluto from the Sun by the distance of Mercury from the Sun.
Pluto's distance from the Sun is 3.6 x 10^9 miles.
Mercury's distance from the Sun is 3.6 x 10^7 miles.
Dividing the distance of Pluto by the distance of Mercury, we get:
(3.6 x 10^9 miles) / (3.6 x 10^7 miles) = 10^(9-7) = 10^2
Therefore, Pluto is 10^2 or 100 times farther from the Sun than Mercury.
The correct answer is C) 1 x 10^2