Question

The approximate average distances from the sun to Venus and Mercury are listed below:
venus:1.08 x 10^8
mercury: 5.79 x 10^7
How many times farther from the sun is Venus? Write your answer in standard notation, rounding to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

To find how many times farther Venus is from the Sun compared to Mercury, we divide the distance of Venus by the distance of Mercury:

1.08 x 10^8 / 5.79 x 10^7 = 1.86

Therefore, Venus is approximately 1.9 times farther from the sun than Mercury.