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The planet Uranus is about 3×1093 \times 10^9 kilometers from the sun. The dwarf planet Pluto is about 6×1096 \times 10^9 kilometers from the sun. Use these numbers to complete the sentence below. Write your answer in standard form, without using exponents. Uranus is about ____ times as far from the sun as Pluto.

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Q. The planet Uranus is about 3×1093 \times 10^9 kilometers from the sun. The dwarf planet Pluto is about 6×1096 \times 10^9 kilometers from the sun. Use these numbers to complete the sentence below. Write your answer in standard form, without using exponents. Uranus is about ____ times as far from the sun as Pluto.
  1. Calculate ratio: Calculate the ratio of the distance of Uranus to the distance of Pluto. 3×109 km(Uranus)/6×109 km(Pluto)=0.53 \times 10^9 \text{ km} \, (\text{Uranus}) / 6 \times 10^9 \text{ km} \, (\text{Pluto}) = 0.5
  2. Convert to standard form: Convert the ratio into standard form without exponents.\newline0.50.5 in standard form is 0.50.5, which means Uranus is about 0.50.5 times as far from the sun as Pluto.

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