The path of a certain comet is a parabola with the sun at the focus. The angle

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The path of a certain comet is a parabola with the sun at the focus. The angle between the axis of the parabola and a ray from the sun to the comet is 120° (measured from the point of the perihelion to the sun to the comet) when the comet is 100 million miles from the sun. How close does the comet get to the sun?
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Calculus

ISBN: 978-0131429246

9th edition

Authors: Dale Varberg, Edwin J. Purcell, Steven E. Rigdon

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