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How big is earth compare to universe in percentage?

Answer 1

The Earth is #3.016" x "10^-60# % of the Universe

0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003016 %

With a radius of 3959 miles, the volume of the Earth is roughly 259,923,241,563 cubed miles.

Now the observable Universe has a radius of 46.6 Billion light years. 1 light year is 5,879,882,207,943 miles, so it has an approximate volume of #8.617" x "10^70# cubic miles or 8617 followed by 67 zeroes.

Dividing the volume of the Earth by that of the Universe, we get that the earth compromises #3.016" x "10^-60# % of the Universe, or if you prefer it written without the exponent:

The percentage is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003016.

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Answer 2

Luke Allen

The Earth is extremely small compared to the universe, representing an infinitesimally tiny fraction of the total cosmic scale. It's not possible to quantify this precisely as a percentage due to the vastness of the universe.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.