Question

At a particular moment, Earth is 4.3 x 109 km from Nepture and 1.5 x 109 from Saturn. How many times further away is Neptune from Saturn?

Answer 1

Answer:

Neptune is 2.86 times further away from Saturn.

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance from Neptune to Earth is $4.3\times 10^9\ km$

Distance from Saturn to Earth is $1.5\times 10^9\ km$

We need to find how many times Neptune is further away from Saturn. It can be calculated by dividing distance from Neptune to Earth to the distance from Saturn to Earth as follows :

$\dfrac{d_N}{d_S}=\dfrac{4.3\times 10^9}{1.5\times 10^9}\\\\\dfrac{d_N}{d_S}=2.86\\\\d_N=2.86\times d_S$

It would mean that Neptune is 2.86 times further away from Saturn.