Final answer:
Subtracting the 5 solar planets that are farther from the Sun than Earth from the original 13 U.S. colonies gives us 8, which is not listed in the provided answer options, indicating a possible mistake in the question.
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of original U.S. colonies is 13. To find the number of official solar planets farther out than Earth, we start by listing the planets that are located beyond Earth's orbit: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Since Pluto is no longer classified as a major planet, we have a total of 5 planets that are farther from the Sun than Earth.
Subtracting the number of these outer planets (5) from the number of original colonies (13), we get 13 - 5 = 8, which is not a provided option. It appears there may be a mistake in the provided options as none of the choices correctly represents this calculation.