The distance from Venus to the sun is about 67,000,000 miles. The distance from Earth to the sun is about 2.6 x 10^7 farther. What is the distance from Earth to the sun? Write your answer in scientific notation to 1 decimal place.
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The distance from Earth to the sun is approximately 2.6 x 10^7 x 6.7 x 10^7 miles = 17.4 x 10^14 miles = 1.7 x 10^15 miles.
The distance from Venus to the sun is about 67,000,000 miles. The distance from Earth to the sun is about 2.6 x 10^7 farther. What is the distance from Earth to the sun? Write your answer in scientific notation to 1 decimal place.