Question

About how much farther away from the Sun is Earth than Mercury? Write your answer in standard form and scientific notation.

The approximate distance from each planet to the Sun is given below.
Mercury: 35,983,610
Earth: 92,957,100
Neptune: 2,798,842,000

Answer 1

Move the decimal until its below 10 and greater than 1:

Mercury: 3.5 x 10^7

Earth: 9.2 x 10^7

Neptune: 2.7 x 10^9

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