the distance from Venus to the sun is about 67,000,000 miles the distance from earth to the sun is about 2.6x10^7 farther

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It seems there may be a misunderstanding in your problem regarding the distances of Venus and Earth to the Sun.

The average distance from Venus to the Sun is about 67 million miles (67,000,000 miles), while the average distance from Earth to the Sun is approximately 93 million miles (93,000,000 miles).

If you want to express the distance from Earth to the Sun in scientific notation, it would be approximately \(9.3 \times 10^7\) miles.

To find out how much farther Earth is from the Sun compared to Venus, you can calculate the difference:

\[ \text{Distance from Earth to Sun} - \text{Distance from Venus to Sun} = 93,000,000 \text{ miles} - 67,000,000 \text{ miles} \]

\[ = 26,000,000 \text{ miles} \]

In scientific notation, this distance can be expressed as \(2.6 \times 10^7\) miles.

So to summarize:

  • Distance from Venus to the Sun: \(67 \times 10^6\) miles
  • Distance from Earth to the Sun: \(93 \times 10^6\) miles
  • Difference: \(2.6 \times 10^7\) miles (which matches what you mentioned).