The comet Hale-Bopp is 3.75 x 10^10 km away from the Sun. How many AU away from the Sun is it? 5.62 x 10 AU 3.75 x 10AU 250 AU 0.004 AU

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Microfed · Answer 1 · 2021-03-17T11:01:59+0000

Answer:

250 AU

Step-by-step explanation:

AU refers to astronomical units, the conversion rate between AU and kilometers is:

1 AU = 149,598,000 kilometers.

If comet Hale-Bopp is 3.75 x 10^10 km away from the Sun, its distance in AU is:

$d=3.75*10^(10)\ km*(1\ AU)/(149,598,000\ km)\\d=250.67\ AU$

The answer is 250 AU .