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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:

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

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