The orbit of Hale-Bopp comet, discovered in 1995, is an ellipse with eccentricity 0.995 and one focus at the Sun. The length of its major axis is 366.5 AU. [An astronomical unit (AU) is the mean distance between Earth and the Sun, about 93 million miles.] Find the maximum distance from the comet to the Sun. (The perihelion distance from a planet to the Sun is a(1 - e) and the aphelion distance is a(1 + e). Find the answer in AU and round to the nearest hundredth.
What will be an ideal response?
365.58AU
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A. 2r2 - 25 B. 4r2 - 20r - 25r2 C. 4 + 20r - 25r2 D. 4r2 - 25
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Simplify the expression. Assume that all variables are positive when they appear.4
+ 7
A. 11
B. 3
C. 11
D. 11
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Find the coordinates of the y-intercept and the x-intercept, in that order.-2x - 2y = 6
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