Question

1. use the values below to help answer the question. approximately how many times would mercury fit inside the pacific ocean? the length of the pacific ocean is approximately 198,000,000 meters. the diameter of mercury is approximately 4,879,000 meters.

Explanation:

Step1: Set up division formula

We want to find how many times Mercury's diameter fits into the length of the Pacific - Ocean. So we use the formula $\frac{\text{Length of Pacific Ocean}}{\text{Diameter of Mercury}}$.
Let the length of the Pacific Ocean $L = 198000000$ meters and the diameter of Mercury $d=4879000$ meters. Then the number of times $n=\frac{L}{d}=\frac{198000000}{4879000}$.

Step2: Calculate the result

$n=\frac{198000000}{4879000}\approx41$.

Answer:

41 times