Question

The distance from the Venus to the sun is about 67,000,000 miles. The distance from earth is about 2.6 X 10^7 farther. What is the distance from earth to the sun? Write your answer turn scientific notation to one decimal place.

Answer 1

To find the distance from Earth to the sun, we need to multiply the distance from Venus to the sun by the given factor of 2.6 × 10^7.

67,000,000 miles × 2.6 × 10^7 = (67 × 2.6) × (10^6 × 10^7) = 174.2 × (10^6 × 10^7) = 174.2 × 10^13

Converting this to scientific notation with one decimal place gives us:

1.742 × 10^14 miles

So, the distance from Earth to the sun is approximately 1.742 × 10^14 miles.