Without any equipment, you can see stars that are 2,800,000 light-years away. By looking through a small telescope, you can see stars that are 3,112,000,000 light-years away. Approximately how many times as far can you see using a small telescope as without any equipment?

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Kayley Mahoney

Mathematics

6 November, 15:19

Without any equipment, you can see stars that are 2,800,000 light-years away. By looking through a small telescope, you can see stars that are 3,112,000,000 light-years away. Approximately how many times as far can you see using a small telescope as without any equipment?

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Kayden Wilkins · Answer 1

Here, a fraction of light years seen using telescope to that seen without using a telescope.

=3,112,000,000/2,800,000 = 1111.42

Therefore, using a telescope one can see 1111.42 times far than when not using an equipment.