Earth's radius is approximately 3,959miles, while Jupiter's radius is approximately 4.3441×10⁴ miles. How much bigger is jupiters radius compared to earth's? Express your answer in scientific notation. Do not round your answer.

Answer 1

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.

\[ \text{Jupiter's radius} = 4.3441 \times 10^4 \, \text{miles} \]
\[ \text{Earth's radius} = 3,959 \, \text{miles} \]

So Jupiter's radius compared to Earth's can be calculated as:

\[ \text{Jupiter's radius compared to Earth's} = \frac{\text{Jupiter's radius}}{\text{Earth's radius}} \]

\[ \text{Jupiter's radius compared to Earth's} = \frac{4.3441 \times 10^4 \, \text{miles}}{3,959 \, \text{miles}} \]

\[ \text{Jupiter's radius compared to Earth's} = 1.0960 \times 10^1 \]

Therefore, Jupiter's radius is approximately 10.96 times bigger than Earth's.