A study conducted at a waste disposal site reveals soil contamination over a region that may be

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A study conducted at a waste disposal site reveals soil contamination over a region that may be described roughly as the interior of the ellipse


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where x and y are in miles. The manager of the site plans to build a circular enclosure to contain all polluted territory. 


If the office at the site is at the point S(1, 1), what is the radius of the smallest circle centered at S that contains the entire contaminated region?

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Calculus For Business, Economics And The Social And Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780073532387

11th Brief Edition

Authors: Laurence Hoffmann, Gerald Bradley, David Sobecki, Michael Price

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