Question

earth is 93 million miles from the sun, while mars is 142 million miles from the sun. Theoretically, what is the closest distance mars could be to earth

Answer 1

169.74

Explanation:

this problem is like a triangle, the sun, mars, and earth are the three points, so you just use a^2 + b^2 = c^2 so basically

93^2 + 142^2 = c^2

8649 + 20164 = 28813

28813 square root = 169.74