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

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

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To find the distance from Earth to the sun, we can add the distance from Venus to the sun with the additional distance that Earth is from Venus.

Given:

  • Distance from Venus to the sun = 67,000,000 miles = \(6.7 \times 10^7\) miles
  • Distance from Earth to the sun is \(2.6 \times 10^7\) miles farther than the distance from Venus to the sun.

We can calculate the distance from Earth to the sun as follows:

\[ \text{Distance from Earth to the sun} = \text{Distance from Venus to the sun} + \text{Additional distance} \]

\[ \text{Distance from Earth to the sun} = 67,000,000 + 26,000,000 = 93,000,000 \text{ miles} \]

Now converting this to scientific notation:

\[ 93,000,000 = 9.3 \times 10^7 \text{ miles} \]

Thus, the distance from Earth to the sun is:

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