The approximate average distances from the sun to Venus and Mercury are listed below:
venus:1.08 x 10^8
mercury: 5.79 x 10^7
How many times farther from the sun is Venus? Write your answer in standard notation, rounding to the nearest tenth.
To find how many times farther Venus is from the Sun compared to Mercury, we divide the distance of Venus by the distance of Mercury:
1.08 x 10^8 / 5.79 x 10^7 = 1.86
Therefore, Venus is approximately 1.9 times farther from the sun than Mercury.