The planet Mercury travels in an elliptical orbit with eccentricity 0.703. Its minimum distance from the Sun is km. If the perihelion distance from a planet to the Sun is a(1 - e) and the aphelion distance is a(1 + e), find the maximum distance (in km) from Mercury to the Sun.

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Factor: 3x3 + 12x2 - 9x

a. 3(x3 + 12x2 - 9x) b. 3(x3 + 12x) c. 3x(x2 + 4x - 3) d. 3x(x2 + 3x) e. 3x(x2 + 12x2)

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Factor the expression completely, if possible.z2 - 6z + 9

A. (z - 3)2 B. (z - 3)(z + 3) C. (z + 3)2 D. (z + 9)(z + 1)

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Write a matrix equation equivalent to the system of equations.4x - 8y + 4z = 8-8x + 4y - 6z = 4

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