Short Answer
Planets in our solar system orbit the sun in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus. The path of the orbit of Mercury has a major axis of length 115.8 million miles and an eccentricity of .206. (Source: NASA.) Position the center of the ellipse at the origin and determine the equation of the ellipse. What is the maximum distance between Mercury and the sun?
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