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To find the distance from Earth to the sun, you need to add the distance from Venus to the sun (67,000,000 miles) to the additional distance (2.6 × 10^7 miles).
First, convert the distance from Venus to the sun into scientific notation:
67,000,000 miles = 6.7 × 10^7 miles.
Now, you can calculate the distance from Earth to the sun:
Distance from Venus to sun + Additional distance from Venus to Earth
\[
= (6.7 × 10^7) + (2.6 × 10^7)
\]
Now, add these together:
\[
= (6.7 + 2.6) × 10^7
\]
\[
= 9.3 × 10^7 \text{ miles}
\]
Therefore, the distance from Earth to the sun is **9.3 × 10^7 miles**.