Question

Mercury, Venus, and Earth are the three planets closest to the Sun. Would their combined distance from the Sun be greater or less than the distance from the sun to Neptune? Show your work and justify your answer.

Answer 1

try to draw it and then analyze

Answer 2

all combined they are 315,717,930

Answer 3

and neptunes distance from the sun is 4,503,443,661. so even all of the other ones combined, neptune is still way larger.

Answer 4

alright then, so what is the answer?

Answer 5

larger? you mean further

Answer 6

further

Answer 7

so is this a good complete answer?
With Mercury, Venus, and the Earth being combined into one distance from the sun, it is still less than the distance from sun to Neptune. The combined distance from the sun is 315,717,930 and Neptune's distance from the sun is 4,503,443,661.

Answer 8

@nincompoop

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

ok i have two more like these..

Answer 11

If Earth was 10 times farther away from the Sun than it is now, which planet would it be closest to? Compare Earth's new distance to that planet. How far apart would they be in standard notation? How far apart in scientific notation? Show your work.

Answer 12

check the planets that revolves around the sun in the solar system then catalogue their distance from the sun

Answer 13

If earth is 149,600,000. how much would it be 10 times farther?

Answer 14

just add one zero since it is times 10

Answer 15

any base ten computation is easy since we just keep adding zeroes

Answer 16

ok so it would be 1,496,000,00

Answer 17

@nincompoop

Answer 18

sorry i meant 1,496,000,000

Answer 19

@nincompoop

Answer 20

So it would be closer to Saturn because Saturn is 1,433,449,370

Answer 21

that's good