• Each student mustanswer all parts to both questions below.Write your answersthoroughly, showing all mathematical stepsyou took to answer each question.Keep it professional (see rules of netiquette). Use the Graphing calculator reference card under the Content tab above, in the Assignments link, to help.

Q:The distance of planets in our solar system from the sun are given in the following table.

Planet	Distance (millions km)
Mercury	58
Venus	108
Earth	150
Mars	228
Jupiter	778
Saturn	1427
Uranus	2871
Neptune	4497

a. If you examine a number line plot the distance of the planets from the sun and a number line plotting the logarithm (base 10) of the distance of the planets from the sun, which number line is more helpful in comparing distances? Explain your answer.

b. If two distances are 3 units apart on the logarithmic number line, how do the distances of the corresponding planets compare?