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natedes
Jan 28, 2012, 09:32 PM
The mass of Uranus is about 8.700*10^22 metric tons. The mass of the sun is about 1.998*10^27 metric tons. About how many times the mass of Uranus is the mass of the sun? Give your answer in scientific notation.

Aurora2000
Jan 29, 2012, 06:46 AM
Mass of Sun/Mass of Uranus is

\frac{1.998\times 10^27}{8.700\times 10^22}=2.297\times 10^4

Aurora2000
Jan 29, 2012, 06:47 AM
A problem with mimetex notations:

\frac{1.998\times 10^{27}}{8.700\times 10^{22}}=2.297\times 10^4