Question

planet earth and planet mars have elliptical orbits around the sun. considering that the closest approach to mars was 60 million km from the earth and that the greatest distance, with the opposite position and the sun in the middle, reaches 360 million km, calculate in scientific notation the difference between the largest and the shortest distance between mars and earth?



A) 3.0 x 10^8 Km

B) 4.2 x 10^8 Km

C) 3.0 x 10^9 Km

D) 4.2 x 10^9 Km

Answer 1

Answer:

b) 4.2 × 10^8 km largest distance