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 369.9 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.
A) ![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 369.9 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. A) AU B) AU C) AU D) AU E) AU](https://d2lvgg3v3hfg70.cloudfront.net/TB2067/11eaae29_f48e_e8c9_87fe_f350f726afda_TB2067_11.jpg)
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B) ![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 369.9 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. A) AU B) AU C) AU D) AU E) AU](https://d2lvgg3v3hfg70.cloudfront.net/TB2067/11eaae29_f48f_0fda_87fe_639fcf83fb0e_TB2067_11.jpg)
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C) ![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 369.9 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. A) AU B) AU C) AU D) AU E) AU](https://d2lvgg3v3hfg70.cloudfront.net/TB2067/11eaae29_f48f_0fdb_87fe_45a67c688476_TB2067_11.jpg)
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D) ![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 369.9 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. A) AU B) AU C) AU D) AU E) AU](https://d2lvgg3v3hfg70.cloudfront.net/TB2067/11eaae29_f48f_36ec_87fe_839e6775f800_TB2067_11.jpg)
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E) ![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 369.9 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. A) AU B) AU C) AU D) AU E) AU](https://d2lvgg3v3hfg70.cloudfront.net/TB2067/11eaae29_f48f_36ed_87fe_a51e8f02cadd_TB2067_11.jpg)
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