Modeling Using Variation · Exercise 53

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

This exercise builds on another exercise in its source book, which isn't shown here.

OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e · §5.8 Modeling Using Variation · Exercise 53