The average distance from Earth to Mars is 2.25×108

2.25
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10
8
km, and the distance from Earth to Neptune is 4.3514×109
4.3514
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10
9
km. How much farther is Neptune from Earth than Mars? Express your answer in scientific notation. Do not round your answer.(1 point)
km

1 answer

To find out how much farther Neptune is from Earth than Mars, we need to subtract the distance from Earth to Mars from the distance from Earth to Neptune.

Given:

  • Distance from Earth to Mars = \( 2.25 \times 10^8 \) km
  • Distance from Earth to Neptune = \( 4.3514 \times 10^9 \) km

Now, we perform the subtraction:

\[ 4.3514 \times 10^9 \text{ km} - 2.25 \times 10^8 \text{ km} \]

To subtract these numbers effectively, we should express \( 2.25 \times 10^8 \) in the same power of ten as \( 4.3514 \times 10^9 \). We can do this by rewriting it as:

\[ 2.25 \times 10^8 = 0.225 \times 10^9 \]

Now we can subtract:

\[ 4.3514 \times 10^9 - 0.225 \times 10^9 = (4.3514 - 0.225) \times 10^9 \]

Now calculate the subtraction:

\[ 4.3514 - 0.225 = 4.1264 \]

So, we have:

\[ 4.1264 \times 10^9 \]

The distance from Earth to Neptune is \( 4.1264 \times 10^9 \) km farther than the distance from Earth to Mars. Thus, the final answer, expressed in scientific notation, is:

\[ \boxed{4.1264 \times 10^9} \text{ km} \]