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

Question

x10⁷ miles

Answer 1

To find the distance from Earth to the sun, we add the distance from Venus to the sun (67,000,000 miles) to the additional distance (2.6 x 10⁷ miles).

First, let's convert the distance of Venus to scientific notation: 67,000,000 miles = 6.7 x 10⁷ miles.

Now, we can add the two distances:

Distance from Earth to the sun = Distance from Venus to the sun + Additional distance = (6.7 x 10⁷) + (2.6 x 10⁷) = (6.7 + 2.6) x 10⁷ = 9.3 x 10⁷ miles.

Thus, the distance from Earth to the sun, in scientific notation, is:

9.3 x 10⁷ miles.