Answer is:
Answer is:
Venus is closer
Closer by 10,900,000 or 1.09 x 10^7 in scientific notation
Step by step
Earth to Mars = 34,600,000 miles= 3.46 x10^7 miles
Earth to Venus = 23,700,000 miles = 2.37 x 10^7 miles
subtract
34,600,000 - 23,700,000 = 10,900,000 miles
So Venus is closer when it is at its closest orbit with earth. No other planet gets this close. At its furthest orbit from earth it can be as much as 160,000,000 miles from earth.