The distance from mercury to the sun is about 35000000 miles the distance from the earth to the sun is about 5.8 x 10^7 farther what is the distance from Earth to the sun write your answer in scientific notation to 1 decimal place

Answer 1

To find the distance from Earth to the Sun, you can add the distance from Mercury to the Sun to the additional distance given.

1. The distance from Mercury to the Sun is approximately 35,000,000 miles, which can be written in scientific notation as \(3.5 \times 10^7\) miles.

2. The additional distance from Earth to the Sun is \(5.8 \times 10^7\) miles.

Now, we need to add these two distances together:

\[ \text{Distance from Earth to Sun} = \text{Distance from Mercury to Sun} + \text{Additional distance from Earth to Sun} \] \[ = (3.5 \times 10^7) + (5.8 \times 10^7) \] \[ = (3.5 + 5.8) \times 10^7 \] \[ = 9.3 \times 10^7 \]

So, the distance from Earth to the Sun is \(9.3 \times 10^7\) miles when written in scientific notation to one decimal place.