Question

The approximate distance of the moon from Earth is 4 x 10^5 km and the average approximate distance from the Earth to Venus is 4 x 10^7 km. How much farther is Venus from Earth than the moon?

Answer 1

To find out how much farther Venus is from Earth than the moon, we subtract the distance from the Earth to the moon from the distance from the Earth to Venus:

(4 x 10^7 km) - (4 x 10^5 km)
= 4 x 10^7 km - 4 x 10^5 km
= (4 - 0) x 10^7 km - (4 - 0) x 10^5 km
= 4 x 10^7 km - 4 x 10^5 km
= 4 x 10^7 km - 0.4 x 10^7 km
= 3.6 x 10^7 km

Therefore, Venus is approximately 3.6 x 10^7 km farther from Earth than the moon.