Question

The approximate average distances from the sun to Saturn and Venus are listed below:
Saturn: 1, point, 4, 3, times, 10, to the power 91.43×10
9
kilometers
Venus: 1, point, 0, 8, times, 10, to the power 81.08×10
8
kilometers
How many times farther from the sun is Saturn? Write your answer in standard notation, rounding to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Saturn ≈ 1.43×10^9 km, Venus ≈ 1.08×10^8 km.

Ratio = (1.43×10^9) / (1.08×10^8) = (1.43/1.08)×10 = 1.32407…×10 = 13.2407…

Rounded to the nearest tenth: 13.2

So Saturn is about 13.2 times farther from the Sun than Venus.