earth's radium approximately 3,959 miles while jupiter's radius is approximately 4.3441 x 10^4 miles.how much bigger is jupiter's radius compared to earth's express your answer in scientific notation. do not round your answer

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To find out how much bigger Jupiter's radius is compared to Earth's, we need to divide Jupiter's radius by Earth's radius.

Jupiter's radius: 4.3441 x 10^4 miles
Earth's radius: 3,959 miles

Bigger = Jupiter's radius / Earth's radius

= (4.3441 x 10^4 miles) / (3,959 miles)

= 1.0961 x 10^(4 - 3.597)

= 1.0961 x 10^0.403

Therefore, Jupiter's radius is approximately 1.0961 times (1.0961 x) bigger than Earth's radius.