Mercury is 5.8 x 10^(7) km from the sun. Neptune is 4.5 × 10^(10)
km from the sun. How much further is Neptune from the sun than Mercury? (1 point)
To find the difference, we subtract the distance of Mercury from the distance of Neptune:
Distance of Neptune - Distance of Mercury = (4.5 × 10^(10)) km - (5.8 × 10^(7)) km
Since the given numbers are in scientific notation, we can subtract the exponents first:
4.5 × 10^(10) - 5.8 × 10^(7) = 4.5 × 10^(10) - 0.58 × 10^(10)
Now, we can subtract the numbers before the exponential notation:
4.5 - 0.58 = 3.92
Therefore, Neptune is 3.92 × 10^(10) km further from the sun than Mercury.