Question

The distance of planet Mercury from the Sun is approximately 5.8 ⋅ 107 kilometers, and the distance of planet Venus from the Sun is 1.1 ⋅ 108 kilometers. About how many more kilometers is the distance of Venus from the Sun than the distance of Mercury from the Sun?

Answer 1

mercury : 5.8 • 107 = 620.6
Venus : 1.1 • 108 =118.8

620.6 - 118.8 = 501.8

so Venus is about 501.8 kilometers from then sun then mercury

Answer 2

Answer:
`5.2\cdot10^7\ km`

Explanation:

Given: The approx distance of planet Mercury from the Sun
`=5.8\cdot10^7\ km=58,000,000\ km`

The distance of planet Venus from the Sun
`=1.1\cdot10^8\ km=110,000,000\ km`

We can see the

The difference distance of planet Venus from the Sun is more than the distance of planet Mercury from the Sun.

The difference between the distance =
`110,000,000-58,000,000=52,000,000=5.2\cdot10^7\ km`

Hence, the distance of Venus from the Sun is
`5.2\cdot10^7\ km` more than the distance of Mercury from the Sun.