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Question 17 of 20 : Select the best answer for the question 17. Halley's Comet has an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus. Its orbit shown below is given approximately by astronomical units. (One astronomical unit is the average distance from Earth to the sun, approximately 93 million miles.) 10.4 1 +0.963 In the formula, r is measured in > 0 Haley's come Earth como Зrt Find the distance from Halley's Comet to the sun at its greatest distance from the sun. Round to the nearest hundredth of an astronomical unit and the nearest million miles. O A 5.57 astronomical units: 518 million miles O B. 295.68 astronomical units: 27.498 million miles OC.5.68 astronomical units: 528 million miles D. 11.36 astronomical units: 1057 million miles

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Given that 10.91 YE 1 +0.9635ino 71/2 illa Sum ī o Healey's Comit Healey Comit Earth gily we need to find the distance from the hcaley's comit to the sun at its greates't Listance The distance from Earth to sun is 93 million miles. CS Scanned with CamScanner

Y- 10.94 1+0.9135ino Sin 270° herc Sino : because healey's will be at Masimum distance from the sum 5. y - 10.94 1+0.963.5in 31 2 10.94 10.94 Bo 0.037 1-0.963 = 295.675 between : The greatest distance for open the Griet aral Sum is 295. 68 astronimical units. now 93 million miles x (295.675 Astronomical units) 27498.24 :27498 million miles Answey i's 3. CS Scanned with CamScanner