Earth’s radius is approximately 3,959 miles, while Jupiter’s radius is approximately 4.3441×104 miles. How much bigger is Jupiter’s radius compared to Earth’s? Express your answer in scientific notation. Do not round your answer.(1 point)

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4.3441x10^4 miles is approximately 4.3441 * 10000 miles
Therefore, Jupiter's radius is approximately 43441 miles bigger than Earth's.
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To find out how much bigger Jupiter's radius is compared to Earth's, we need to subtract Earth's radius from Jupiter's radius.

Jupiter's radius is approximately 4.3441x10^4 miles.
Earth's radius is approximately 3,959 miles.

To subtract these two values, we can write it in scientific notation as follows:

4.3441x10^4 miles - 3.959x10^3 miles.

To subtract these values, they must have the same exponent. So let's convert Earth's radius into scientific notation:

3,959 miles = 3.959x10^3 miles.

Now we can subtract:

(4.3441x10^4 miles) - (3.959x10^3 miles) = (4.3441 - 0.3959) x10^4 miles = 3.9492x10^4 miles.

Therefore, Jupiter's radius is approximately 3.9492x10^4 miles bigger than Earth's.