Question
the average distance from Earth to Mars is 2.25 x 10^8 km and the distance from Earth to Neptune is 4.3514 * 10 ^ 9 km how much further is Neptune from Earth than Mars express your answer in scientific notation
Answers
GPT 3.5
To find the difference between the distances from Earth to Neptune and Mars, we subtract the distance from Mars from the distance from Neptune:
(4.3514 * 10^9 km) - (2.25 * 10^8 km)
To subtract the numbers in scientific notation, we should have the same exponent. So, we need to convert the distance from Mars into scientific notation:
2.25 * 10^8 km = 0.225 * 10^9 km
Now, we can subtract:
(4.3514 * 10^9 km) - (0.225 * 10^9 km) = (4.3514 - 0.225) * 10^9 km
Simplifying the subtraction:
4.1264 * 10^9 km
Therefore, Neptune is approximately 4.1264 * 10^9 km further from Earth than Mars.
(4.3514 * 10^9 km) - (2.25 * 10^8 km)
To subtract the numbers in scientific notation, we should have the same exponent. So, we need to convert the distance from Mars into scientific notation:
2.25 * 10^8 km = 0.225 * 10^9 km
Now, we can subtract:
(4.3514 * 10^9 km) - (0.225 * 10^9 km) = (4.3514 - 0.225) * 10^9 km
Simplifying the subtraction:
4.1264 * 10^9 km
Therefore, Neptune is approximately 4.1264 * 10^9 km further from Earth than Mars.