What Are Saturn's Rings

question 81

Multiple Choice

What are Saturn's rings?

• A)a great disk of liquid helium
• B)large rocky boulders moving in orbit around Saturn
• C)a glowing, flat magnetospheric auroral display
• D)a solid thin disk of material encircling Saturn
• E)small icy particles moving in orbit around Saturn

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Definitions:

Binomial Theorem

A principle in algebra that describes the algebraic expansion of powers of a binomial.

Expand

To express a mathematical expression in an extended form by removing parentheses or factoring, usually by applying the distributive property.

Binomial Theorem

A formula for expressing the powers of sums, which identifies the expansion of a binomial raised to any positive integer power.

Approximate

To estimate or come close to an actual value, not exact but within a reasonable range.