Mercury:35.9 million miles Venus:67.2 million miles earth:93 million miles Mars:128.4 million miles Jupiter:483 million miles Saturn:885.5 million miles Uranus:32,000 miles Neptune:2.8 billion miles

Question

Make a list of the distances from each planet to the sun, written in scientific notation. If there is a shortest and longest distance, use the average distance from the sun. 

Answer 1

Here's the list of distances from each planet to the Sun, represented in scientific notation:

1. Mercury: \(3.59 \times 10^7\) miles
2. Venus: \(6.72 \times 10^7\) miles
3. Earth: \(9.3 \times 10^7\) miles
4. Mars: \(1.284 \times 10^8\) miles
5. Jupiter: \(4.83 \times 10^8\) miles
6. Saturn: \(8.855 \times 10^8\) miles
7. Uranus: \(3.2 \times 10^4\) miles (This value seems incorrect, as Uranus is typically around 1.8 billion miles from the Sun. The average value is \(1.8 \times 10^9\) miles.)
8. Neptune: \(2.8 \times 10^9\) miles

If we adjust for Uranus with its proper distance:

7. Uranus: \(1.8 \times 10^9\) miles

Now presenting the list with the updated distance for Uranus:

1. Mercury: \(3.59 \times 10^7\) miles
2. Venus: \(6.72 \times 10^7\) miles
3. Earth: \(9.3 \times 10^7\) miles
4. Mars: \(1.284 \times 10^8\) miles
5. Jupiter: \(4.83 \times 10^8\) miles
6. Saturn: \(8.855 \times 10^8\) miles
7. Uranus: \(1.8 \times 10^9\) miles
8. Neptune: \(2.8 \times 10^9\) miles

Average Distance from the Sun:

• For the shortest (Mercury): \(3.59 \times 10^7\) miles
• For the longest (Neptune): \(2.8 \times 10^9\) miles

Thus, the average distance considering the shortest and longest would be calculated as follows:

1. Shortest distance (Mercury): \(3.59 \times 10^7\)
2. Longest distance (Neptune): \(2.8 \times 10^9\)

The average distance can be estimated:

\[ \text{Average Distance} = \frac{(3.59 \times 10^7) + (2.8 \times 10^9)}{2} \]

Calculating this would yield:

\[ \approx \frac{(0.0359 \times 10^9) + (2.8 \times 10^9)}{2} \approx \frac{2.8359 \times 10^9}{2} = 1.41795 \times 10^9 \text{ miles} \]

Final Distances in Scientific Notation:

1. Mercury: \(3.59 \times 10^7\) miles
2. Venus: \(6.72 \times 10^7\) miles
3. Earth: \(9.3 \times 10^7\) miles
4. Mars: \(1.284 \times 10^8\) miles
5. Jupiter: \(4.83 \times 10^8\) miles
6. Saturn: \(8.855 \times 10^8\) miles
7. Uranus: \(1.8 \times 10^9\) miles
8. Neptune: \(2.8 \times 10^9\) miles

Average Distance from the Sun: \(1.42 \times 10^9\) miles (approximately).