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I think you need more info, like how fast each planet is moving. You can use the numbers you have to figure out how big each orbit is: The orbit is the circumference, the distance from the sun is the radius. The formula for circumference is C = 2 x Pi x radius. For Earth: C = 2 x Pi x 1.5m C = 3.0m x Pi C = 3.0m x 3.14 C = 9.42m For Venus: C = 2 x Pi x 1.08m C = 2.16m x Pi C = 2.16m x 3.14 C = 6.78m If you knew that both planets were traveling at the same speed (which they are not in real life), you could just divide the length of Earth's orbit (9.42m) by the length of Venus's orbit (6.78m) and get 1.39, which would mean that Earth's year is 1.39 times the length of Venus's year. But that is not a valid answer, because the planets travel at different speeds, so you can't get the answer. In real life, a Venus year is 224.7 Earth days and an Earth year is 365.25 Earth days. Dividing those gives you approximately 1.63, which means an Earth year is 1.63 times as long as a Venus year. So, you can see that the answer "1.39" we got is not correct. I'm not sure how you're supposed to solve this without enough info.
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