Question

A newly discovered solar system is found 600 billion kilometers from the sun. How many AU does this represent? Show your work.

Answer 1

Show your work

Answer 2

use 1 [AU] = 150 x10^6 [km]

Answer 3

Let x be the distance in AU
1 AU = 149 597 871 kilometres
\[x=\frac{ 600000000000 km}{ 149 597 871 km}\]
Therefore, the solar system is \[4.01\times 10^{3} AU\]