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Planet A is at a distance of 9.35 × 106 km from Earth and planet B is 6.27 × 107 km from Earth. Which planet is nearer to Earth? - Mathematics

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Planet A is at a distance of 9.35 × 106 km from Earth and planet B is 6.27 × 107 km from Earth. Which planet is nearer to Earth?

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Solution

Distance between planet A and Earth = 9.35 × 10km

Distance between planet B and Earth = 6.27 × 107 km

For finding difference between above two distances, we have to change both in same exponent of 10, i.e. 9.35 × 106 = 0.935 × 107, clearly 6.27 × 107 is greater.

So, planet A is nearer to Earth.

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Chapter 8: Exponents and Powers - Exercise [Page 260]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 8 Exponents and Powers
Exercise | Q 125. | Page 260

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