A comet travels along an elliptical orbit around the sun. Its path can be described by the

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A comet travels along an elliptical orbit around the sun. Its path can be described by the equationimage


where units are in millions of miles. 


(a) What are the comet's minimum and maximum distances from the sun? 


(b) Estimate the distance d that the comet travels in one orbit around the sun. Use the formulaimage

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