D)
1) Let's visualize it to better understand this
2) Let's pick the distance between Mars and the Sun, and subtract it by the distance (Earth-Sun):
[tex]142,000,000-93,000,000=49,000,000=49\cdot10^6\text{ or 4.9 }\cdot10^7[/tex]3) So Mars is 4.9 x 10^7 miles farther from the sun than the Earth.