A newly discovered solar system is found 600 billion kilometers from the sun. How many AU does this represent? Show your work.

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Caleb Long

15 March, 11:29

A newly discovered solar system is found 600 billion kilometers from the sun. How many AU does this represent? Show your work.

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Abby Blackwell · Answer 1

1 AU means 1 astronomical unit or the aproximate distance from the earth to the sun 1AU=149597870.7 kiometers

1 billion=1,000,000,000600 billion=600,000,000,000

x times 1AU=600,000,000,000

x times 149597870.7=600,000,000,000solve for xdivide both sides by 149597870.7x=4010.75so aprox 4011 AU's