Question

the passage below describes two friends creating a physical model of the solar system. read the passage and then answer the questions below. ashley and tina are creating a model showing the distances between earth, the moon, and the sun. they choose a blue ball to represent earth, a gray ball to represent the moon, and a yellow ball to represent the sun. ashley and tina take the balls to the middle of a large field at their school. they know that earth is about 240 thousand miles from the moon and about 93 million miles from the sun. in their model, they choose to represent one million miles with one step. click the blue words to correct the following statements. the yellow ball is in the center of the field. tina wants to represent the distance from the earth to the sun. so, she should hold the blue ball 93 inches away from the yellow ball. ashley wants to represent the distance between the earth and the moon. so, she should hold the gray ball 4 inches away from the blue ball.

Explanation:

Step1: Determine Earth - Sun distance in model

They represent one million miles with one step. Earth is about 93 million miles from the Sun. So the number of steps for Earth - Sun distance is 93 steps, not 93 inches.

Step2: Determine Earth - Moon distance in model

Earth is about 240 thousand miles from the Moon. Since 240 thousand miles = 0.24 million miles, the number of steps for Earth - Moon distance is 0.24 steps, not 4 inches.

Answer:

The yellow ball is in the center of the field. Tina wants to represent the distance from the Earth to the Sun. So, she should hold the blue ball 93 steps away from the yellow ball.
Ashley wants to represent the distance between the Earth and the moon. So, she should hold the gray ball 0.24 steps away from the blue ball.