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

Question

7x107 miles

Answer 1

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.