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5.8 Exercise 62

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use Kepler’s Law, which states that the square of the time, T, T , required for a planet to orbit the Sun varies directly with the cube of the mean distance, a, a , that the planet is from the Sun.

Use the result from the previous exercise to determine the time required for Mars to orbit the Sun if its mean distance is 142 million miles.

OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 5.8 Modeling Using Variation, exercise 62

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Adapted from College Algebra © 2021 Rice University. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sources: College Algebra 2e, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, Precalculus 2e, College Algebra with Corequisite Support 2e. Imported at revision 4922e46.