Mercury is 5.8×107 km from the sun. Neptune is 4.5×1010 km from the sun. How much further is Neptune from the sun than Mercury?
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Multiply the distances: (5.8×10^7)⋅(4.5×10^10)=(5.8×4.5)⋅(10^(7+10))=26.1×10^17=2.61×10^18 km
Subtract the distances by getting the same power of 10: (4.5×10^10)−(5.8×10^7) =(4.5×10^10)−(0.0058×10^10)=4.49×10^10 km
Add the distances together: (5.8×10^7)+(4.5×10^10) = 10.3×10^17=1.03×10^18 km
Divide the distances: 4.5×10^10/5.8×10^7=0.78×10^3 =7.8×10^2 km
Subtract the distances: (4.5×10^10) - (5.8×10^7) = 4.4995×10^10 km
Therefore, Neptune is approximately 4.4995×10^10 km further from the sun than Mercury.
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To find how much further Neptune is from the sun than Mercury, we need to subtract the distance of Mercury from the distance of Neptune.
Neptune is 4.5×10^10 km from the sun, and Mercury is 5.8×10^7 km from the sun.
Subtracting these distances, we have:
4.5×10^10 km - 5.8×10^7 km = 4.4992×10^10 km
Therefore, Neptune is approximately 4.4992×10^10 km further from the sun than Mercury.