Question

How many orders of magnitude (powers of ten) is the distance to the moon greater than the distance across the Atlantic ocean?

Answer 1

The distance to the moon greater than the distance across the Atlantic ocean by an order of 1.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have the average distance across the Atlantic ocean,
`d_i=3700\ mi`

the average distance to the moon,
`d_m=238,900\ mi`

The factor by which the distance to moon is greater than the width of Atlantic ocean:

`f=(d_m)/(d_i)`

`f=(238,900)/(3700)`

`f=64.57`

i.e.

the distance to the moon greater than the distance across the Atlantic ocean by an order of 1.