Solve the problem. The famous Halleys comet last passed by Earth in February 1986 and will next

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The famous Halley’s comet last passed by Earth in February 1986 and will next return in 2062. It has an elliptical orbit of eccentricity 0.9673 with the sun at one focus. The greatest distance of the comet from the sun is 3281 million mi. Find the least distance between Halley’s comet and the sun to the nearest million miles.

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College Algebra

ISBN: 978-0134697024

12th edition

Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels

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