Question

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.

Answer 1

1.742×10^15 miles

Explanation:

The distance from Venus to the sun is approximately 67,000,000 miles. Given that the distance from Earth to the sun is about 2.6×10^7 times farther than the distance from Venus to the sun, we can calculate the distance from Earth to the sun.

To find the distance from Earth to the sun, we need to multiply the distance from Venus to the sun by 2.6×10^7.

67,000,000 miles × 2.6×10^7 = 1.742×10^15 miles

Therefore, the distance from Earth to the sun is approximately 1.742×10^15 miles in scientific notation to 1 decimal place.

Answer 2

To find the distance from Earth to the sun, we need to add the distance from Venus to the sun and from Earth to Venus. The distance from Earth to Venus is given as 2.6×10^7 miles. Therefore, the distance from Earth to the sun is:

67,000,000 + 2.6×10^7

= 67,000,000 + 26,000,000

= 93,000,000

To write this in scientific notation to 1 decimal place, we need to move the decimal point 7 places to the left and multiply by 10^7. The result is:

9.3×10^7

So, the distance from Earth to the sun is approximately 9.3×10^7 miles.