The distance from Venus to the sun is about 67,000,000 miles. The distance from Earth to the sun is about 2.6×10^7 farther. What is the distance from Earth to the sun? Write your answer in scientific notation to 1 decimal place.(1 point)

Question

×10^7
miles

Answer 1

To find the distance from Earth to the sun, we need to add the distance from Venus to the sun (67,000,000 miles) and the additional distance from Earth to the sun, which is given as \( 2.6 \times 10^7 \) miles.

First, let’s express 67,000,000 miles in scientific notation:

\[ 67,000,000 = 6.7 \times 10^7 \text{ miles} \]

Now, we can find the distance from Earth to the sun:

\[ \text{Distance from Earth to the sun} = \text{Distance from Venus to the sun} + \text{Distance from Earth to Venus} \] \[ = 6.7 \times 10^7 + 2.6 \times 10^7 \]

Now, we can add these two values together:

\[ (6.7 + 2.6) \times 10^7 = 9.3 \times 10^7 \text{ miles} \]

Thus, the distance from Earth to the sun is:

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