To determine how many times farther Venus is from the Sun compared to Mercury, we can use the given distances.
- Distance from the Sun to Venus: \( 1.08 \times 10^8 \) kilometers
- Distance from the Sun to Mercury: \( 5.79 \times 10^7 \) kilometers
Now, we calculate the ratio of the distance from Venus to the distance from Mercury:
\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{\text{Distance to Venus}}{\text{Distance to Mercury}} = \frac{1.08 \times 10^8}{5.79 \times 10^7} \]
To simplify this calculation, we can divide the coefficients and the powers of ten separately:
\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{1.08}{5.79} \times \frac{10^8}{10^7} = \frac{1.08}{5.79} \times 10^{8-7} = \frac{1.08}{5.79} \times 10^1 \]
Calculating \( \frac{1.08}{5.79} \):
\[ \frac{1.08}{5.79} \approx 0.186 \]
Now, multiply by \( 10^1 \):
\[ 0.186 \times 10^1 = 1.86 \]
Rounding to the nearest tenth, we find that the approximate answer is:
\[ \boxed{1.9} \]
This means that Venus is approximately 1.9 times farther from the Sun than Mercury.
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