What Is Neptune's Scaled Radius in a Scaled Solar System?

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Homework Statement


In a scaled solar system: Earth's radius is 6,375 km, it's scaled radius is 12.75 cm. Neptune has a radius of 24,766 km; using centimeters, what would the scaled radius of Neptune be??


Homework Equations


I'm not sure what to put here; I put down what I tried below.


The Attempt at a Solution



12.75 cm
________ ... = ... ______________
637,500,000 cm ..... 2,476,600,000 cm

x= 49.532 cm


Did I do this right??
 
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