Venus is about 10^8 kilometers from the Sun. Saturn is about 10^9 kilometers from the Sun. About how many times farther from the Sun is Saturn than Venus?

10^72
10^17
10
1
@abhisar

Question

Venus is about 10^8 kilometers from the Sun. Saturn is about 10^9 kilometers from the Sun. About how many times farther from the Sun is Saturn than Venus?

10^72
 10^17
 10
 1
@abhisar

abhisar · Answer

I think you have done a mistake in the question. Is it $\sf 10^8~and~10^9$ or simply 108 and 109 ?

anonymous · Answer

OH yes I am sorry it is Venus is 10^8  Saturn is 10^9

abhisar · Answer

Wait..sorry..brb

anonymous · Answer

okay

abhisar · Answer

Yes....so i am back

anonymous · Answer

okay :)

abhisar · Answer

owkay let's see $\sf 10^8$ means 1 followed by eight zeros and similarly $\sf 10^9$ means 1 followed by nine zeroes.

abhisar · Answer

To calculate how many times saturn is farther from the sun than venus we need to divide distance of saturn by distance of venus. so can u divide $\sf \huge  \frac{10^9}{10^8}$ ?

anonymous · Answer

10

abhisar · Answer

$\sf \huge \frac{10^x}{10^y}=10^{x-y}$ .......

abhisar · Answer

Exactly ! It will be $\sf 10^1$ which is 10

abhisar · Answer

Very good!

abhisar · Answer

So saturn is 10 times farther to sun than venus

anonymous · Answer

Thank you for your help! .. for some reason when I was trying to type in 10 it would not let me press post, so that's what was taking soo long lol:)