The distance from Venus to the sun is about 67,000,000 miles. The distance from Earth to the sun is about 2.6×107

Question

farther. What is the distance from Earth to the sun? Write your answer in scientific notation to 1 decimal place.(1 point)
×107
miles

Answer 1

To find the distance from Earth to the sun, we add the distance from Venus to the sun (67,000,000 miles) to the additional distance (2.6 × 10^7 miles).

First, convert 67,000,000 miles to scientific notation:

67,000,000 miles = 6.7 × 10^7 miles

Now, we add the two distances in scientific notation:

\[ 6.7 \times 10^7 + 2.6 \times 10^7 = (6.7 + 2.6) \times 10^7 = 9.3 \times 10^7 \]

Thus, the distance from Earth to the sun is:

\[ \boxed{9.3 \times 10^7} \text{ miles} \]