Question

Mercury orbits the Sun 3 times in 264 days.

a. How many times does Mercury orbit the Sun in 440 days?

Mercury orbits the Sun__________ times in 440 days.

Question 2
b. How many days does it take Mercury to orbit the Sun 8 times?
It takes Mercury_________ days to orbit the Sun 8 times.

Answer 1

a. 15 days

b. 704 days

Explanation:

a.264+88+88=440

b.It takes mercury 264 days to orbit the sun 3 times which means all you have to do is

264+264=528+264=792-88=704

3 + 3 = 6 + 3 = 9- 1 = 8