SOLUTION: The mass of Uranus is about 8.7x10^22 metric the mass tons the mass of the sun is about 1.998x10^27 metric tons. About how many times the mass of uranus is the mass of the sun? ple

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Question 303283: The mass of Uranus is about 8.7x10^22 metric the mass tons the mass of the sun is about 1.998x10^27 metric tons. About how many times the mass of uranus is the mass of the sun? please give the answer in scientific notation.
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Mass of uranus = 8.7*10^22
Mass of sun = 1.998*10^27 = 1.998*(10^5)*(10^22)=199800*(10^22)
Mass of sun / Mass of uranus = %28199800%2A%2810%5E22%29%29%2F%288.7%2A10%5E22%29
= 199800/8.7
= 22965.517
= 2.297%2A%2810%5E4%29